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I Create One Art Piece A Day During Quarantine Using Recycled Materials (14 Pics)
Never let a serious crisis go to waste, they say, so I’m using this time to create a new series, Covid Blues (Art for the Quarantined Soul). Inspired by Picasso during his Blue Period, the 14-day visual diary uses repurposed materials found around the house, created in monochromatic shades of blue.
If you are interested, you can find my previous posts here, here, and here on Bored Panda.
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Day 1: Emergency preparedness
Watercolor and gouache on used tea bags.
Day 2: Social distancing fashion
Lindt chocolate wrapper on a used tea bag.
Day 3: Flattering the curve
Soup can label folded into a brassiere.
Day 4: Six feet apart
Cut images on paint color chips.
Day 5: Deemed essential
Painted leaves, acrylic gouache.
Day 6: Hunkered down
Origami cranes folded from junk mail security envelopes.
Day 7: Wash your hands
Painted stones, acrylic gouache.
Day 8: Self-isolation
Hand made shoe made with Utz snack bag.
Day 9: Shelter-in-place
Painted corks, gouache.
Day 10: Shellshocked
Painted pistachio shells, acrylic gouache.
Day 11: Frontliners
Cut images on paper cups with recycled coffee sleeves.
Day 12: Panic buying
Painted, blown eggs.
Day 13: Personal protective gown
Cyanotypes on used tea bags, white markers.
Day 14: Better days are coming
Cut images, watercolor on a used tea bag.
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ClaudiaDarla03 6 years ago
These are so amazing! I am in high school and I'm taking a fashion class that my school offers. We have been doing a project from home (since school closed) about Covid-19. How it impacts our lives and the world around us, and we had to make a garment from recycled materials. I am making a jacket from Covid-19 newspaper articles and random wrappers that describe life with a pandemic(I am using a Clorox wipe labels and a toilet paper logo, etc.). Like I said, your work is amazing! Thank you for some more inspiration for my project! It has been super hard and it is great to know that if I work at it, I could eventually be that good! I also love the incorporation of watercolor in your works as well!
Ruby Silvious (Post author) 6 years ago
I love your recycled art ideas as well. Good luck!
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Lavender Brown 6 years ago
These are very beautiful 😍 I love the cranes and that you used them out of everyday items usually thrown away!!!
Ruby Silvious (Post author) 6 years ago
Junk mail never goes to waste in our house. Thanks!
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ClaudiaDarla03 6 years ago
These are so amazing! I am in high school and I'm taking a fashion class that my school offers. We have been doing a project from home (since school closed) about Covid-19. How it impacts our lives and the world around us, and we had to make a garment from recycled materials. I am making a jacket from Covid-19 newspaper articles and random wrappers that describe life with a pandemic(I am using a Clorox wipe labels and a toilet paper logo, etc.). Like I said, your work is amazing! Thank you for some more inspiration for my project! It has been super hard and it is great to know that if I work at it, I could eventually be that good! I also love the incorporation of watercolor in your works as well!
Ruby Silvious (Post author) 6 years ago
I love your recycled art ideas as well. Good luck!
Load More Replies... Lavender Brown 6 years ago
These are very beautiful 😍 I love the cranes and that you used them out of everyday items usually thrown away!!!
Ruby Silvious (Post author) 6 years ago
Junk mail never goes to waste in our house. Thanks!
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