Here in the UK (and beyond) you may have heard about Antony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth art project called ‘One & Other‘. The project involves a different member of the public standing on the empty Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square every hour, 24 hours a day, for 100 days to make a living monument. Each individual [...]

Changing for the sake of the planet may require falling off of it. It may require a break from that grounded feeling. People may wonder what happened to you or if all is ok.  All is fine with me now, even though at some points I thought I had ruined my life. I haven’t written [...]

For all green art enthusiasts, this is the event for you! A charity art auction, ‘Art Aid: Embrace‘ will be taking place on Saturday 21st June to raise money to support poor communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America adapt to climate change. The work of around 50 artists from the East Midlands will be [...]

This is a fantastic way to re-use your Christmas cards and in fact any greetings cards. I know that there are places where you can take your cards to be recycled but if you like crafts or know someone who does then here’s a genius idea. Turn your Christmas cards into gift boxes with the [...]

OK, I’m going to say this one last thing about carrier bags and then I’ll leave it for a while! Although this time its not such a negative comment. Sharon Porteous, a textile design graduate from Derby Uni discovered a way to turn those horrible, ugly bags into funky fashion accessories. It was by chance [...]

there’s a new online art show in town! Or even better – there’s an online art show – from recycled materials. Yes – they are talking trash here.. from the website: This show is about taking things that are destined for the landfill and turning them into art. Yep, we’re talking trash here. This is [...]