Spotlight: Ron Isaacson, Artist and Sculptor
Filling multiple roles in his creative life, artist, sculptor and wordsmith Ron Isaacson has most recently sculpted creatures that inhabit a world of his own making. An early adopter of the...
Recycle DIY
Take the DIY route with recycled materials and create something brand new and fabulous! There are tons of craft project ideas for using recycled materials. Create custom home décor with repurposed estate sale finds. Recycle those old jeans into new garments, throw pillows or fiber art. When you start to look at projects and products with an eye toward recycling, you will see easy, creative, planet-friendly projects in your future.
Here are some of our projects where we’ve recycled and repurposed previously-loved items into something new to enjoy!
Featured Makers
Spotlight: Melinda Hutton, Recycled Jewelry Artist
Loving the improvisation of finding ways to make disparate elements work together to become a cohesive whole, Melinda Hutton has found her happy place with Closures-Remnants. She combines old buttons...
Spotlight: Christine Mayer, Fashion Designer
Fashion upcycling pioneer Christine Mayer takes garments and textiles that have a history of use and transforms them into sought-after clothing designs. The new life she gives these textiles comes...
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Spotlight: Kathleen McVeigh, Wearable Artist
Kathleen McVeigh studied fiber arts in college and collected quilts in varying conditions. She now creates sustainable pieces from vintage textiles. Taking inspiration from each textile piece, she makes one-of-a-kind…
Spotlight: Radha Weaver, Textile Upcycler and Quilter
Radha Weaver grew up around textiles, studied costume design in college, and worked in the textile industry for 15 years. She left the apparel industry and started her first quilt…
Spotlight: Adrienne Priess, Recycled Apparel Designer
Adrienne Priess grew up in a home filled with creativity. She saw a hat she liked and her mother made it from an old sweater. That was the beginning of…
Spotlight: Krystyna Sadej, Tapestry and Mixed Media Artist
Krystyna Sadej learned to weave as a young adult and found her passion. She now creates a variety of work reusing materials to communicate and emphasize the urgency of our…
Spotlight: Jessica Grady, Contemporary Artist
Working with unexpected materials and processes is what keeps contemporary embroidery artist Jessica Grady endlessly curious. What about this? What if that? Working largely with discarded and after-market materials, she…
Spotlight: MartyO, Fiber Artist
Always on the hunt for new experiences as a fiber artist, MartyO (aka Marty Ornish) upcycles old, damaged and discarded textiles into wearable art and art quilts . Her work…
Spotlight: Ron Isaacson, Artist and Sculptor
Filling multiple roles in his creative life, artist, sculptor and wordsmith Ron Isaacson has most recently sculpted creatures that inhabit a world of his own making. An early adopter of the…
Spotlight: Miki Rodriguez, Integrated Materials Artist
Integrating found materials into her work, fiber artist Miki Rodriguez draws on the rich history and traditions of growing up in a south Texas border town where the cultural influences…