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Art from Waste

by Aaditya Singh | 23-06-2013 16:32 recommendations 0

Recently as a part of the World Environment Day celebration, we had an Art from Waste exhibition in our school DPS Sharjah. The idea was to encourage us students to reuse and recycle waste products to create beautiful and useful items. As we made these items, I am sure each one of us thought about the environment, considered ways to reduce, reuse and recycle. Each child took the message to his/her home and thus over 3000 families became a part of this awareness drive. The art that we created stays as a reminder with us to protect the environment.

While doing some research for this activity, I came across some interesting piece of information that I want to share with all of you. It is about a Russian pensioner Olga Kostina, who used 30,000 plastic bottle caps to decorate her home. She created a great piece of art which I hope should inspire others to reuse waste creatively.

In the Russian village of Kamarchaga, in the Siberian taiga, Russian pensioner Olga Kostina has used 30,000 plastic bottle caps to adorn her home with colorful patterns and images - making it somewhat of a local landmark. over many years, in the isolated rural town situated just in the perimeter of the taiga's forest. Kostina collected the lids and once she felt there was enough she created detailed murals across the walls of her home with images of traditional macrame motifs and various creatures living in the neighboring woodland. Hammering every cap by hand, Kostina used the conventional macrame technique of weaving and knit knots to fabricate the detailed mosaics.

Please visit the website below for more pictures.

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19 Comments

  • says :
    Thank you for sharing.
    Posted 24-08-2013 15:51

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • says :
    wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Posted 25-06-2013 21:52

  • Rohan Kapur says :
    its really wonderfullllllll...thanks for sharing
    Posted 25-06-2013 14:27

  • says :
    She is a Great Artist.
    Posted 25-06-2013 11:53

  • says :
    The house looks so beautiful! I'm so up for the recycling art activity. It's a great opportunity for the students of DPS to think of the value of EVERYTHING including waste.
    Posted 25-06-2013 11:24

  • says :
    Lovely picture. Even I made few things for the art from waste project.
    Posted 25-06-2013 03:15

Aaditya Singh

  • Aaditya Singh says :
    Thanks Eco Generation.
    Posted 24-06-2013 16:06

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  • Aaditya Singh says :
    Thanks all for acknowledging.
    Posted 24-06-2013 05:17

Dharmendra Kapri

  • says :
    thanks for sharing
    Posted 23-06-2013 21:12

  • says :
    thanks for sharing
    Posted 23-06-2013 21:11

  • says :
    Beautiful thoughts came as a beautiful house.......
    Thanks for the article.
    Posted 23-06-2013 21:00

  • says :
    wow, lovely house, cant believe its made of used bottles, thank you for sharing Aaditya
    Posted 23-06-2013 20:04

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