Greenspan

When I created the parrot for Vivian, I had some extra pieces and created something with them (instead of putting them back in the cramped box). I named this piece, Greenspan, because I like how it looks like it's expanding off the canvas. In this span of green is also looks like a flower, a…

Parrot

This upcycling piece had someone's name on it - Vivian - because she was kind enough to store something important to me at her residence for two months. It quickly became tempting to have and it was taking up space, so it needed to go...fast. Due to Vivian's kindness, I hope she likes what I…

Unintentional Predictions

Nov. 19, 2021 I taught upcycling courses this summer, and one of the projects was to make a junk mail collage (you may have seen some of my experiments last year). Junk mail collages are much easier and quicker to do than the Cooling Triangular Collage that I had posted earlier this week. My students…

Cooling Triangular Collage

Nov. 16, 2021 Did you know that triangles are the strongest shape? Now you do! That's why you see triangles in everything that needs to be sturdy and hold tons of weight, from bridges, cranes (in construction), and architecture. Therefore, triangles were what I had cut from the strips of cardstock that were not the…

Friday Butterfly

Nov. 12, 2021 Blue-Green Butterfly I upcycled this butterfly for my friend this summer. It's made from a tissue box. *120 tissues were discarded for this process* It's also relatively small so she can hang it on a cabinet knob if she didn't have the desk or wall space for this. After temping at an…