Workshop “Arte del Riciclo” – 

Re-cycling with Art

Sustainable art and crafts in a multicultural context

In the last few years I developed the art workshop series Re-cycling with Art. The aim was to use art and crafts as tool to raise awareness about environment in an entertaining context.

In this workshop trash is the raw material for creation. The workshop is aimed at children of all ages. Crafting ideas are occasions to discover new cultures and to getting to know in a setting where spoken languages are not important and cultural integration possible. 

Photo: Tree made out of packaging material

Noses made out of egg box: wolf, dog, and piggy

Robot from various packaging material

Pizza slice: collage from old magazines

Cake out of juice box

Ice cream: egg box and old pillows filling

Giant ice-cream: paper board and other scraps of paper

Wedding cake: from shoes box, biscuit box, milk box, and other recycled material for collage

Cones older from egg box

Cake and cake slice from milk boxes

Slice of pizza from paper board and other recycled material for fillings

Everything in the picture (but tools) from the recycling center! Thank you Kierratyskeskus.

In Autumn nature has much to offer for "recyclers"