by russs.net | May 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
I am really digging working with clay and bottles. Here is a sitting area that accopanies that gin bottle wall I posted earlier. The bench is made from eco-bricks, alas, it wasnt so comfortable. So I thought, why not sculpt a comfortable chair onto it?! The...
by russs.net | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
We are building a wall made of luniscent gin bottles today in the village of Besao! The prototype wall is an experiment and showcase in upcycling bottles and building from local materials. The bottles are filled with food coloring and mortared with cob (local clay,...
by russs.net | May 8, 2013 | - Reflections, Uncategorized
I noticed something strange in the way people speak in the indegenuous Igorot villages here where I live. When the people speak in English they call wrappers and plastics that are on the ground “dirts”. This is strange– I figured it must be...
by russs.net | Sep 10, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, Uncategorized
In our house we have about a dozen boxes for segregating our trash. Yet, still, there is trash that just can’t be recycled or put to use as a pillow (our last resort for plastic bags and wrappers!). What to do with the bloody plastic bag that held the frozen...
by Russell Maier | Jul 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am very excited to report that we are juuuusst now completing our first bottle construction project here in Sabangan. Working with the local youth we’ve put together a modest, yet beautiful, entrance wall and sitting area to a public picnic area in the...
by Russell Maier | Jul 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Purses made from recycled newspaper! They may be transparent, but they are stu… Mandalic Recylcing: Here in the village broken tiles are usually dumped off th…
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