EcoArt Ideas

Faerie Houses and Gnome Homes

Cathedral Woods

Waxed paper and floss houses

Topiary Sculpture
Tree Houses
Stick and Yarn or Wire Creatures inspired by Alebrijes 

Recycled Paper Art   

Mail Art Collage Inspiration

• Nancy Bell Scott 
• Barbara Coyle Holt 
• Tom Hlas
  

Recycle Bin Cardboard Sculpture 

• Food, Faces, and Ian Trask Spaces

Textiles & Fashion

Inspiration! Jamie Okuma

Eco-printing 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  On paper too!

Monotypes using water soluble paints on plexi, wood or other smooth surface.

Mixed Media Botanical Rubbings

Jewelry Design

Inspiration! b.YELLOWTAIL

Paper Bead Jewelry (regular glue works just fine!)

Sand Mandala
Chalk Mandala


Fruit and Vegetable Art

Portraits

Still Life Painting Inspiration:  Janet Fish , Wayne Theibaud 

Still Life Photography Take your own, print it, or draw it!

Dolls from Nature: Summer Hollyhock, Fall Applehead

*TIPS!!

• I use pumpkin carving tools instead of sharp knives. 
• No need to use lemon juice and salt. And I prefer red apples as I've found they are less likely to rot.
• I put mine on bamboo skewers and place in front of a fan. Rotate each day. Decorate when quite dry and keep them in low humidity space and they'll last for years.

SUPER Recycling Shopping in RVA:

• Scrap RVA
• Diversity Thrift
• Fan Thrift

Some artists who use repurposed items and/or natural media: 

El Anatsui     ...and more at Art21.
Cydney Jasmin Coleby

Patrick Dougherty 

Hillary Waters Fayle

Gee's Bend Quilters    Gee's Bend Quilt Collective

Andy Goldsworthy
Cannupa Hanska Luger

Odires Mlázho

Sarah Ross-Thompson
Taiwan East Coast Land Arts Festival

Roxanne Swentzell 

Dana Warrington

Laurence Vallirères