by Russell Maier | Jul 22, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, co-creation, Trashure
I’ve been surveying the different techniques going on around the world to buy using bottles. The technique of layering bottles in cement and building with them as bricks makes some amazing structures and can be a great way to deal with garbage. In Central...
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...
by Russell Maier | Jul 19, 2012 | - Mandalas, art
In getting my new blog and art site up and operational, one key priority is to featured some of the projects and co-creations that I am most proud of. This page is now up and operational! It features my awesomest mandala creations going back to the first one at...
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…
by Russell Maier | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Recycling Umbrellas! Who would have thought? Henning, one of our village weav…
by Russell Maier | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Published Reconfiguration. Published Now that’s GOOD packagin! These are the traditional rice snacks of the Igorot people in the village of Guina’ang. We can learn alot from their 100% sustainable packaging solution! For generations, they’ve taken two sugar cane...
by Russell Maier | Jun 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Alright, this is the new Russs.net site where I will be posting my flow of art, reflections and adventures in mandalas, co-creation and well, just havin’ some fun.
by Russell Maier | Jun 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
After several months of silence, the words and the ideas are brewing within like a long bottle wine that yearn to be un-corked. Yet in the silence, there has been much contemplation. How best to express? With all my art and social endeavors I am constantly posting...
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