Newspaper can be considered as one of the cheapest and readily available upcyclable material you can lay your hands on. While there are chances that there are heaps of it lying unattended in the corner of your home; if not, one can easily buy a good quantity of it at a very cheap price. Well, […]
Author: Erica
Sip and Craft: 20 Smart Ways to Upcycle Wine Corks
Here are some of the most interesting and unique ideas to use the wine corks that you reckon totally useless. Well, you enjoyed the wine, now it’s time to have some fun with the corks! 1. Succulent Magnets Just hollow the corks and use them for small plants, especially succulents. Best part is – you […]
Metal Masterpieces: Sculptor Transforms Scrap into Stunning Art
Who cares about discarded nuts, bolts, washers and metal, scraps? Well, Michel Torres Costa does; and he cares about them a lot, for this amazing sculptor from Brazil makes something really unique out of the discarded metal scraps, bolts and nuts. Michel Torres Costa sculpts awe-inspiring and detailed metal sculptures out of the waste material. […]
Upcycle Tires: 10 Fantastic DIY Creations
Jim: Hey Sally! I reckon the tires in our SUV are due. Am gonna get them changed this weekend; is there anything you’d want to do with the old tires? Else, I will have to leave them at the shop itself. You’re an artist, and I was wondering if you could make something out of […]
Green Building: Chinese Architect Uses 8,500 Beer Bottles for his Creative Reuse Project
What would you choose to make your office space with? At least, not beer bottles, right? But Li Rongjun from Chongqing, China did. Yes! Li constructed his office space using a whopping 8,500 beer bottles! It took him nearly $11,000 and 4 months to complete this never-thought-of-before project. His father assisted him in installing the […]
Artful Recycling: 20 Creative Uses for Old Plastic Bottles
Recycling is the need of the hour, and what better than plastic when it comes to recycling at the first place! The plastic going into land and oceans is only entering our food chain and making the matter worse for everyone living. Microplastics in the food has been identified as one of the major causes […]
Sculpted Precision: Salavat Fidai’s Pencil Lead Art
You must have seen art on tiniest of things, but nothing like this for sure! Initially a carpenter by profession, Salavat Fidai from Russia is now known to carve out extremely detailed sculptures on pencil leads. Yes, you got to see it to believe it. While Salavat also paints on matchboxes, seeds, etc., his sculptures […]
Landmarks Reimagined: The Art of Paper Cutouts
London-based paperboyo (handle name) takes photos of famous landmarks along with his paper cut-outs, and makes them look ‘different’. The artist (this is what we would say him) explores different landmarks along with their history and poses them along with his paper cut-outs that he says are researched and well-thought-after for that place. Here are […]
Alice Pasquini’s Gentle Murals – Healing Urban Wounds with Art
The murals of Alice Pasquini are filled with emotions, connection and relationships. She immerses herself in the culture of country she visits and brings out something in her art that makes the passersby relate to it in one way or the other. Her unique narratives seen in the murals relate to a certain story unique […]
30 Bizarrely Beautiful Succulents That Look Like They’re From Outer Space
After scrolling through the succulents below, you’ll believe that the world of succulents is truly weird and wonderful. You wouldn’t have imagined the surprising shapes they can come in. Undoubtedly, they’ll grab attention anywhere – whether in your garden or your desk. Below are some of the most out-worldly succulents you would’ve come across until […]