Recycled Metal Christmas Tree

This is a recycled Christmas tree made to display Christmas ornaments in the in the 2011 Winter Show at the Fallbrook Art Center. The base is an old metal spoke for a tractor or trailer found at the Vista blacksmithing studios. The "trunk" is a 3/4" diameter metal conduit pole. The branches are made of metal poles of gradated sizes used for laying concrete sidewalks. With all the pieces welded together, you have yourself a Christmas Tree!

Fallbrook Art Center Winter Window Display

This is the window display done for the Fallbrook Art Center during their 2011 Winter Arts Show. All of the materials are either found, or donated. Butcher paper was used to cover the back wall to increase the "wintery" mood. Fallen tree branches were collected and cemented into paint buckets for display. Shredded paper shavings were used as "snow." The wreaths and lights were donated for use in the window.

OC Arts Center Recycled Arts Project

I was looking back on some projects done in the past and wanted to share them with you. In April of 2011 a group of volunteers for the OC Arts Center set up a booth with a free arts activity for children and parents to work on together at the San Juan Capistrano 50th Anniversary Celebration Festival. In honor of the great  city's anniversary, our project became a small-scale model of old town San Juan Capistrano and the mission made out of recycled and refurbished materials donated by supporters of the OC Arts Center. The volunteer team made an outlined map of the city on a 4' x 8' piece of particle board. We cut cardboard into uniform pieces that could easily be pieced together to make a building. We also used native floral arrangements supported by floral foam donated from a local nursery. Many "trash" items were used including egg cartons, bamboo curtains, beans and birdseed, sponges, plastic cups, and other common household items. This activity educated the children about the importance and usefulness of considering recyclable items and junk as potential materials for art, along with the value of community and togetherness. By working together with all sorts of members of the community a beautiful, unique, and highly creative sculpture was made of historic downtown San Juan Capistrano. The kids loved it, we nearly ran out of space for all the buildings, cars, and trees that were being made. Check out the photos below to see how it evolved.

Tidal Wave of Trash

As the 2011 Huntington Beach Independence Day Parade marks the completion date for our Tidal Wave of Trash, we wanted to post some of the more finalized photo versions of the wave.

We are in need some some weatherproofing ideas to seal the outside of the wave to withstand the elements.

The Refurbished Rubbish girls can be reached at   refurbishedrubbish@gmail.com



Now that the parade is behind us, we have many plans in store for the wave. After seeing the reaction and receiving such positive feedback on the impact of the wave, we know that there is a lot in store for us. We are very gracious for all of the help friends and family have put into this with us, and we can't wait to keep this up.

These scupltures are not only no impact, but negative impact. With this form of art we are not only removing this waste from our earth but turning it into an influential example of how important it is to change the way we see trash, how we dispose of it, how much of it is out there, and how badly it needs to be removed from nature.

It is a long road ahead of us, but we're doing our best to make our mark.

Once again, artists Tierney Moses and Hannah Cosner can be reached at refurbishedrubbish@gmail.com

Thank you and stay in touch! We're all in this together!

Over 1,300

One of the items of trash that was very repetitive in the sorting of trash was bottle caps.  Many recognizable drinks such as Gatorade, Dasani, and CocaCola just to name a few.  We have collected over 1,300 caps total!  Please remember to toss your bottle and caps in the proper bins.   

PRESS

The Tidal Wave of Trash as opened many eyes and made it to the cover of the Huntington Beach Independent.  We are also in the LA Times, and made the 10 o'clock news on KTLA5 News station.  Hope everyone in the local area got to the photos and article.  Here are the images used in the article and a link to its page, hbindependent

Fourth of July Parade

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!  We would like to thank Farmers & Merchants bank for sponsoring our float entry at the Huntington Beach 4th of July Parade.  We are excited to announce our first place award as well!  We had wonderful volunteers walking the entire parade picking up trash along the way to help promote our Rise Against Plastic cause and we'd like to give thanks for their efforts.  

We had an amazing reaction from the crowd as we drove by and feel we have reached out to many during this parade.  If anyone has any photos taken from the crowd please email them to refurbishedrubbish@gmail.com.

Working late July 3rd to prepare the float

Our amazing volunteers walking the entire parade picking up trash along the way

 Surfrider team and Farmer & Merchants Bank team

 First Place Award for Service Category

from left to right: Tierney Moses, Tony Soriano, Hannah Cosner