Beautiful trash
By Molly Moore, Local CorrespondentTue, Jun 09 2009 at 2:45 PM EST
This weekend the Columbia Art League hosted their annual Art in the Park festival at sunny Stephens Lake Park. Much of the art paid homage to nature; there were copper-wire trees, majestic mountain photos, and flower-shaped wine stops.
Several artists used recycled or natural materials. SD Meadows, based in Palestine, Ill., creates folk art from repurposed objects (pictured below), and Jan's Handwovens, from Hermann, Mo., presented a collection of rugs made from recycled wool.
Inspired, I found other Missouri artists who incorporate sustainability into their work. Adam Long's sculptures (pictured below) list fibrous mache as a top ingredient; Long makes this mache with 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper.
This sculpture (below) by Joseph Farmer uses found materials and scrap metal.
Seeing these creative Missourians' work lets me anticipate a world where big-box art supply stores are an anomaly. Since we're living amid piles of post-consumer waste, we may as well use it!
Do you know any eco-artisans in your state? Please reply with a photo or a link!
Photo credit 1: Edom Festival of the Arts
Photo credit 2: Adam Long
Photo credit 3: eARThworks 2009
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Comments
jnape
06/10/2009 12:52 PM
I used to live in Akron, Ohio. And P.R. Miller was the master of recycled art. http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/p-r-miller-man-preaches-recycling-throu...
