We have had the Rocks for years, when I got the idea to make some Garden ornaments to give some interest in my yard.

The Rock Golem is simply made from Recycle Rocks and cement nothing else, even the cement was recycled material by using odd bits of left over cement from work being done in my house

I found that a cement mix of 2 sand and 1 cement worked best (2-1).

It took me quiet some time to finish my garden Rock Golem since it’s a good idea to cement each rock one at a time waiting for the cement to harden (usually a few days) before cementing another body piece on.

I had to wait until we had cement left over from projects being done in the house and my rock golem took months. I estimate though if you make up fresh cement and take it a bit at a time then 3-4 days is probably the time frame for a small Rock Golem.

My Garden Rock Golem is a bout 60cm high.

The eyes where formed by simply applying a blob of cement and then pushing a glass bead into it then letting it dry.

I’m planning on building an army of Rock Golems since I’ve got loads of rocks to get rid of

My recycled Rock Golem reminds me of Zippy a puppet that was on the TV in the 70’s/80’s from the childrens ITV program rainbow

Astonishing work of recycled art and puts all those boring modern building to shame, if more people particularly architects was as talented and artist as the Thai monks that built this building the world would be a more beautiful and greener place to live.

The Thai monks from Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew complex in the north-east of Thailand, built this Temple from Recycled Beer Bottles by cleaning up the local area and having the local people take there beer bottles to the temple to be recycled as part of the building.

Even the toilets and crematorium is made from empty beer bottles. Over 1.5 million beer bottles was used to create every floor, wall, column and archway in the temple by the Buddhist monks
and they intend to carry on expanding the temple and further building from the local authority’s disused beer bottles. One of the monks was quoted as saying ” the more bottles we get, there more buildings we make”

The temple was started in 1984 and even the mosaics around the temple are made from bottle cap.

One of the draw backs to not liking the taste of alcohol and being tea total is that I want get the oppertunaty to create some Recycled beer bottle art and the recycled beer bottle temple has inspired me to give it a go first time in my life I wish I drank , I’d love to create something as cool as the temple I bet it looks lovely when the light shines though.

I’m lucky I live on the coast so I took a relaxing walk with my son to the beach where I found piece of driftwood and some other natural bits and pieces a few bird feathers and some shells

I wouldn’t know where to start on a large sculpture like the life size horses Heather Jansch Does, not to mention I wouldn’t have anywhere for a life sized driftwood horse in my home or very small garden, So I opted sensibly for a small drift wood sculpture.

Before starting my sculpture I didn’t have anything in mind so my creation was solely from the inspiration of the shape of the wood

As soon as I picked up the main body piece of drift wood I saw an owl in my minds eye. my little sculpture found it’s form, then it was just a matter of fitting the other piece I’d found into my art work.

Gluing the pieces together was the hardest part. Trying to find a medium that could stick natural materials to wood was very difficult, I used a hard as nails product that seemed to do the trick, I’m hoping it stays strong should be OK just as long as nobody touches it .

The artist is Heather Jansch who’s art work is made from driftwood that washes up on beach, branches from woodlands and recycled bronze.

I particularly like the way the horses stand in life like poses, I wouldn’t know where to start in doing a piece of life size art and just looking at the horses structure you can see drift wood wouldn’t be the easiest medium to use to create art.

The drift wood horses are absolutely amazing I’d love to go into a garden or wood and discover these amongst the undergrowth.

I wish I could have one in my garden, but it would have to be the size of a shoe box to fit in my yard .

The Weee Man was created in 2005 out of household electrical waste
This 3 meter high, 3.3 ton art project was constructed to bring awareness of how much waste an average person in England will throw away in their life time in unwanted electrical goods.

The Wee Man is made entirely out of the electrical waste, the throw away items we as a society send to landfill without a second thought, maybe some of those electrical items needed replacing because it didn’t work any longer fair enough, but in our society we have a very unhealthy obsession of discarding fully working electrical items for the sake of fashion, wanting not needing the latest gadget or gizmo, maybe a new mobile phone as just come onto the market that’s better than the one you brought just a year ago! or you just had installed a brand new kitchen and your old appliances don’t fit with the image of your new kitchen.

Makes you think hard and at 3 meter tall Weee Man is hard to miss how much we throw away without a second thought! how much just one individual throughout their life time will add to our already full landfill sights in the UK. Developed countries have so much to answer for in our throw away society today, it’s just one mobile phone your replacing for a more newer more fashionable electrical item today, but tomorrow it’s filling a landfill that’s just opened next to your home because we’ve run out of space to put our waste. The Weee Man is a dark reminder of our future if we don’t change and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

People complain about having wind farms being erected in our communities, wait until it’s land fill sights! To change our society though isn’t as easy as it first seems a lot of attitudes in society and manufacturing would have to change if you think about it it would even have to change fashion, advertising and even slow the progress of the human race as well as many more deeper affect not just our modern society, but would affect the whole world in one way or another.

The Weee Man is a shocking piece of art and at the same time an amazing human feat that makes you marvel at the ingenuity of the human race the ability to make a huge colossal monument out of technology that in themselves are a wonder that such wonderful items exists.

The Weee Man shows imagination and the technical know how of mankind on so many levels it’s mind blowing

The Weee Man stirs up so many feeling for me – love, guilt, wonder, shame, astonishment, reality, pride I could go on. I would say that the Weee Man at least for me as developed the emotions it was set out to invoke.

If you would like to see the Weee Man in person then he can be found at the Eden Project in Cornwall England.

Recycled Toys Dog Art

The theme was “Plastic” which includes the dog art above.

The art exhibit went on display at the Trafalgar hotel, just off Trafalgar Square London in April 2008.

Artist: Caleb Law
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Description: Rynel
Rynel is a Thief from London searching around with his friendly Gremlin Curbie. Rynel’s standards are low but constitution high with a master skill of thievery getting around with his trusty fork-spoon.

Curbie
Curbie is a Sprotolin a small friendly Gremlin which helps Roger with whatever he does.
His favourite food is Cheddar Cheese and Crackers

“Fellow foxes, examine your hearts! To fatten our bellies, we do violence to helpless, innocent creatures and incur the wrath of the farmers. Oughtn’t we rather to live at peace with all? My friends, I implore you, love the chickens! Escape the snares of unrighteousness! Set yourselves free!”

The foxes were divided. Many hated the fox, for they knew he was right but did not wish to change. But some believed in him.

The believers began to fast. As time wore on, the band grew skinnier and skinnier, and some began to doubt. The fox heard their whispers and seethed. From his stump he railed:

“Eating chickens is detestable — as is anyone who does it! Death to all chicken eaters!”

One night, hollow with hunger, the fox crept into a hen house, snatched a chicken, and devoured her. “Oh, what have I done?” he cried. In his distress he thought of confessing. Later, though, when he had calmed down, he decided against it. “My followers would lose heart,” he said. “What’s more, I shall never, ever repeat this folly again.”

A few nights later the fox ate a second chicken. “What I condemn, I do,” he said. Again the fox thought of confessing. But lately he had acquired quite a reputation for clean living; so he decided against it.

Yet a third time, in broad daylight, the fox caught a hen. This time, the fox’s luck ran out; one of his opponents spotted him. He told the others, and everyone came running, and what did they see but the old hypocrite, his mouth full of bloody feathers?

“Have I done wrong?” said the fox. “Do great leaders not need their nourishment?”

The foxes snarled. A voice called out: “Hang him!”

They constructed a gallows. Hearing the pounding and sawing, the farmer came, and wondered.

“You have saved me the trouble of killing him myself,” he said. “But why perform this service for me? Why hang one of your own, who has stolen nothing from you, and who was only acting in accordance with his vulpine nature?”

“Ah, sir, there?s the rub,” a fox replied. “We hang him not for acting like a fox. We hang him for pretending he was better than a fox.”