by Russell Maier | Aug 30, 2012 | - Mandalas
Wow. I headed down across the river with some friends yesterday and was blown away by what my students had done. I’ve been training the local out-of-school youth how to make use of broken tiles and other trash and turn them into mandalic mosaics. Its pretty...
by Russell Maier | Jul 24, 2012 | - Mandalas, co-creation
How do you know if your ideas are successful? When take a life of their own and turn out if even more beautiful than you had planned! This morning I took some friends down to the river to show our recycling work. To my surprise, I could see as we approached that the...
by Russell Maier | Jul 21, 2012 | - Mandalas, art, Trashure
I’ve wanted to make a permanent mandala with cement and grout for a long time. Last week while hiking I came across a decidedly ugly pile of broken tiles along side the beautiful river. I put as many as I could carry into my backpack and headed home. The...
Russell is a regenerative artist, inventor and philosopher based in Bali, Indonesia. He is one of the principals of global the Ecobrick. His regenerative theories are inspired by his time amongst the Igorot people, his journey with plastic and his work mandalas. Russell is currently working on a new theory of Earthen Ethics and Plastic Sequestration. You can follow him on Facebook