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 russs.net | Aug 4, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Reflections, Trashure
We’re refining the Ecobrick methodology here in the northern Philippines. An essential part of the process is philosophical. It is essential to consider the longterm ethics of stashing plastics and potential toxics for the next 500 years into a building...
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 23, 2012 | - Bottle Building, - Milstein Modules, co-creation, Paintings, Trashure
This is the unfolding of a trash wall built by the village youth and I this month. It is built from bottle bricks stuffed with trash that we salvaged from the river. The humble (yet beautiful!) wall is a community showcase of the potential of this...
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...
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