Oct 26 2014
The Art of Recycling:
A new post has been loooong overdue. My computer is out of commission so typing on this tablet must suffice for now.
After a few months hiatus from creating in San Jerónimo, I am back and crafting away with a lovely group of people, including Ruth. We are preparing repurposed and up-cycled items for a mini showcase in the neighborhood. Production on Christmas regalia is also in full swing. Photos forthcoming.
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| Crafting in the 'oratorio', church- cum community space. |
I should back up a little to share about my encounter with a wonderful friend, who spent the past year working with the children in Cateura, a neighborhood known as the landfill section of town, and also known for the Landfill Harmonic. Along side the music practice, she encouraged children to create. Her work with the recyclables and they way she was transforming the children's' notions of what could be done with trash was incredible. It was not so important that they were churning out masterpieces, but rather gaining the human connection and attention that was so lacking in their life. Yes, the skills to see potential in otherwise useless waste, should not go unnoted.
My friend's projects renewed my creative batteries and got me seeing and appreciating recycled art in a whole new fashion. I'm less inclined to paint on canvas. Give me a wall, seed pods, a guampa. Seeing everything as a potential surface and seeing art materials all around expands the possibilities ten fold.
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| Sign board I painted for Ruth's Cocido Literario from salvaged wood |
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| Pods inspired by San Jeronimo |
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| In front of a mural I painted outside my front door |
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| Painted yogurt container planters |
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