
FunTasTickz Trash Artz
" "The Art Of Recycling"
Environmental Artist Dennis N. Easter believes that trash is just mis-managed resources.
Transforming Trash into Treasure: Our Story
What is FunTasTickz Trash Artz "The Art Of Recycling?
FunTasTickz Trash Artz "The Art Of Recycling" is a problem-solving tool developed by environmental artist Dennis N. Easter to help him navigate the plastics, and other resources in his weekly trash in order to prevent the materials from ending up in a landfill. The artist is also trying to reduce the size of his carbon footprint as he bring more art into the world.
plastic bottles
All of my Projects are created from the products that I use. For example, once a bottle becomes empty, the plastic bottle, toothpicks, tin cans, bottle caps, skewers, and popsicle sticks and glass mirror are used for "Bottle Cap Sculpturez". The old clothing is transformed into "From Ragz To Blanketz" .
The newspapers are used for "Shredded Paper Sculpturez"

plastic bottles caps

plastic bottles

old clothes



newspapers/mail
tin cans
mirror glass


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popsicle sticks
skewers

toothpickse

Sad to say, no matter what we buy, there is a good chance that it will end up in a landfill...
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One solution to the disposable society is to redirect the materials awayfrom the landfill and into the hands of students . artist and teacxhers in chools to teach them about our natural resources and our planet.
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FunTasTickz Trash Artz
"The Art Of Recycling"
Studio One
"Bottle Cap Sculpturez/BCS's
Material needed:
1 tin can, red plastic/rear lights, clear plastic/front lights, 1 plastic bottle/front and back windshields, 23 pop-sicle sticks/body of the sculpture, 4 metal bottle caps/wheels for sculpture, , 5 coffee stirrers/used to embellish, 10 toothpicks/used as dowels to hold everything together, glass/mirror. It is important to mention that: popsicle sticks do not come in colors black or silver, therefore paint was used to color the sticks before the project could start.

Tank is a "Bottle Cap Sculpture" that is built around a pinapple juice can


Tank

The idea of Tank came up after I finished a can of delicious pineapple juice. . I was conflicted about throwing the can away. The bottle caps were found in community trash can and on sidewalks iof Brooklyn N.Y..
Trail Razer
Materials needed:
2 tin can lids, 1 wooden skewer, 3 mini-craft sticks
8 popsicle sticks



Trail Razer

In art, anything that is round can be a wheel. The wheels on this bike are 2 can lids from a Hunt's tomato sauce can.
Night Owl/Electric
Materials needed:
plastic bottle, plastic bottle caps, glass, paper
pop-sicle sticks, toothpicks, coffee stirrers, red plastic and clear plastic used for back and front lights. The lights used on Night Owl/Electric were taken from disposable cigarette lighters.

Night Owl Electric



Night Owl side view
FunTasTickz carrier Truck/Bottle Cap Sculpturez
carrier-Featuring 6 mini- Bottle Cap Sculpturez. This project used wooden skewers in addition to regular materials.

Bottle Cap Sculpture Carrier


Studio 2 "From Ragz To Blanketz"


OLD CLOTHING: too worn to wear, and too damaged to donate.
THE TRANSFORMATIONS:






Studio 3 "Shredded Paper Sculpturez/SPS'z"

Shredded Paper Sculpturez




Studio 4 "Shredded paper wall Hangerz"



The FunTasTickz $tore ...
where FunTasTickz images are tranfered onto garments


CAPS




Tee Shirts
Books


Cups
Bags

black & white
table books


