Bottles to Bricks: Today we were packing river sand, river trash into 1.5L bottles to make great bricks! These will be used to build the villages Youth Inspiration Centre which is being made from recycled materials..
Long time, no post
Wow. It’s been a long time since I have posted on my blog. This is not for want of much reflection and much interesting happenings. I have simply been contemplating how to best go about sharing my reflections and happenings. I feel I am shifting into a new...Seed Poppers – Self contained and self watering mini green houses made from Coke bottles are a great way to get plants going! You really don’t have to water them once they are set up and seeded.
Indigenous Pots made from recycled flyers
Large table created entirely out of gin bottles at the BenCab gallery in Baguio.
We’ve been working hard at the Bencab Gallery in Baguio city to setup a functional installation of ~500 trashed, washed, and assembled gin bottles… More photos to come of our creations!
Magazine Butterfly
Awesome new clutch bag made with Coke Zero wrappers, silk lining, and magazine beadsin Guina’ang village. My design, Eliza’s pattern! . :-)
Here’s an easy one: cutting up wrappers and paper to make pillows. Shredder anyone?
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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