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I Got Bored By Blank Coffee Cups, So I Started Drawing Comics On Them
3 years ago I got sick of looking at the that perfectly pristine blank space on my daily cup of Starbucks. So I decided to do something about it.
Since then I have amassed well over 300 cup comics that are sitting in a storage tub in my basement, patiently waiting to be taken on a roving gallery bus tour across the globe (we'll mix in a boat for countries not connected to the United States). Until then, I will keep posting them to my Instagram account until I run out of money to buy coffee, or someone pushes me down and takes my pens away.
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I love how he gave the illusion of the art being on a flat surface instead of a round coffee cup. The illustrations are cute and the lay-out is subliminaly (thats not a word i think) satisfying!
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Starbucks cuts down virgin trees to make their 4 BILLION+ non-recyclable cups a year. Why not get a re-usable mug and use other people's throwaways to make your art? Better yet, do pieces that bring attention to this horrendous reality. Over 5 million trees a year will thank you! Learn more at Stand.earth: https://www.stand.earth/action/starbucks-we-want-bettercup
At least Joshua is re-using these cups for a better purpose..... Your beef should be with Starbucks (and most other coffee houses) not with Joshua. There are a load of other artists that 're-purpose' throw-away items. Nice Job Joshua - you made me have a good laugh.
Thanks Theo!
Umm, ALL paper and/or plastic cups are recyclable. I don't know where information is coming from that PAPER is not recyclable, but it is completely 100% recyclable. Plastic (depending on the type) is recyclable a certain number of times. This will be stamped right into the plastic container surrounded by recycle arrows.
Paper is recyclable. Plastic is recyclable. Paper COATED in plastic is not, which is where the problem comes from. There are about three facilities in the country capable of recycling disposable coffee cups as they are currently made. True, one could update all recycling centers with expensive equipment capable of separating the materials... or fix the cups.
Nick, I appreciate your concern – just to be perfectly clear (if this makes you feel any better) I drink my coffee out of a travel mug every day. The cups I illustrate were given to me by my local starbucks early on in my project. They had recently changed their cups to feature the "barista promise" over the blank panel making all the new cups unusable. And this box of the old cups was about to be thrown out/recycled. Instead they gave them to me, and not one of them has been thrown out. Hope that makes you feel better.
Thanks for the reply, Joshua. I am glad to hear you were "saving these cups." Just to be clear though, so as not to mislead the public, coffee cups can be recycled in only two places in the country. The "recycling bins" in Seattle, for example, get dumped in the garbage. This is because the plastic liner can't be separated from the paper cup without incredibly advanced equipment. And, to reply to the other commenter, my beef is definitely with Starbucks on this. Your art is great, I just think you could do more to bring about some awareness with it. Most people are not as conscientious as you, hence the 8 billion disposed cups every year (total, 4 billion from Starbucks).
Sorry, 8 billion is a way-low estimate. Last number I saw says 58 billion in the US alone. :-(
Hey, Josh! I got really excited for a second, 'cause I thought one of my favorite cellists liked to draw. Love your artwork, sense of humor.
Well done! Brilliant mind and talent!
thank you Kellie!
Starbucks cuts down virgin trees to make their 4 BILLION+ non-recyclable cups a year. Why not get a re-usable mug and use other people's throwaways to make your art? Better yet, do pieces that bring attention to this horrendous reality. Over 5 million trees a year will thank you! Learn more at Stand.earth: https://www.stand.earth/action/starbucks-we-want-bettercup
At least Joshua is re-using these cups for a better purpose..... Your beef should be with Starbucks (and most other coffee houses) not with Joshua. There are a load of other artists that 're-purpose' throw-away items. Nice Job Joshua - you made me have a good laugh.
Thanks Theo!
Umm, ALL paper and/or plastic cups are recyclable. I don't know where information is coming from that PAPER is not recyclable, but it is completely 100% recyclable. Plastic (depending on the type) is recyclable a certain number of times. This will be stamped right into the plastic container surrounded by recycle arrows.
Paper is recyclable. Plastic is recyclable. Paper COATED in plastic is not, which is where the problem comes from. There are about three facilities in the country capable of recycling disposable coffee cups as they are currently made. True, one could update all recycling centers with expensive equipment capable of separating the materials... or fix the cups.
Nick, I appreciate your concern – just to be perfectly clear (if this makes you feel any better) I drink my coffee out of a travel mug every day. The cups I illustrate were given to me by my local starbucks early on in my project. They had recently changed their cups to feature the "barista promise" over the blank panel making all the new cups unusable. And this box of the old cups was about to be thrown out/recycled. Instead they gave them to me, and not one of them has been thrown out. Hope that makes you feel better.
Thanks for the reply, Joshua. I am glad to hear you were "saving these cups." Just to be clear though, so as not to mislead the public, coffee cups can be recycled in only two places in the country. The "recycling bins" in Seattle, for example, get dumped in the garbage. This is because the plastic liner can't be separated from the paper cup without incredibly advanced equipment. And, to reply to the other commenter, my beef is definitely with Starbucks on this. Your art is great, I just think you could do more to bring about some awareness with it. Most people are not as conscientious as you, hence the 8 billion disposed cups every year (total, 4 billion from Starbucks).
Sorry, 8 billion is a way-low estimate. Last number I saw says 58 billion in the US alone. :-(
Hey, Josh! I got really excited for a second, 'cause I thought one of my favorite cellists liked to draw. Love your artwork, sense of humor.
Well done! Brilliant mind and talent!
thank you Kellie!