We would like another helping of art from you, please. In our Step Up To The Plate project, we would like to see what’s on your plate!
¿Cuál es tu causa? What's your cause?
Make an impact. What do you care about? Air pollution, climate change, ocean plastics, saving the bees and/or all of the above and more? We invite you to share your artistic abilities and your cause.
Create an illustration, photo, drawing, painting, collage or graphic that shows how you will help and lead us to a better environment.
ENTERING IS EASY
Email a photo of your artwork and entry form/permission slip or mail your submission to S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, 31855 Date Palm Drive Ste. 3-110, Cathedral City, CA 92234.
Home FREE Art : Out of This World Papier-Mache
What you need:
Newspaper
Lots of white glue and water
Balloon
Paints and an old world map
Are you serious? Every year, Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot high wall from Seattle to New York.
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 75 percent of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30 percent of it.
To make this worldly craft, start with a balloon – blow it up and tie it off. Tear newspaper into strips approximately 1 inch wide and 4-6 inches long.
Make up a batch of papier mache fixative (equal parts glue and water). Dip the strips into the mixture and pull each strip between your fingers to get rid of the excess glue.
Layer, layer and layer strips, at least three, across the balloon. Go across horizontally, then vertically and then again, horizontally. You do not need to cover the knot of the balloon.
Once your globe is dry, you can pop the balloon and remove it.
Paint the globe blue. Fashion the continents, islands and other land masses with an old map and glue. Finish with a coat of water based sealer.
Example:
Home FREE Art : Fly That Flag
What you need:
Fabric swatch or leftover fabric
– any size.
Buttons, trims, fabric, paper, etc.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the textile recycling industry recycles approximately 3.8 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste (PCTW) each year, this only accounts for approximately 15% of all PCTW, leaving 85% in our landfills.
Check in with interior designers and ask for out of season fabric and textile samples. You can reuse these materials to create all sorts of flags.
Example:
Home FREE Art : About Face Mosaic Portrait
What you need:
Junk mail and/or old magazines
Glue stick
Cardboard
You must be joking? The average American generates more than 4 pounds of trash per day.
Did you know? The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 75 percent of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30 percent of it.
This mosaic portrait is made by cutting up small pieces of junk mail. Reuse a piece of sturdy cardboard for your “canvas” and draw or trace figure.
With a glue stick, glue pieces no larger than ¼”, you are basically repurposing paper into tesserae, the small pieces used for mosaics. Make sure to leave space between your tesserae to give the appearance of grout lines. Grout lines help to adjoin objects into one cohesive piece.
When all your pieces are glued, finish with a coat of water based sealer.
Example:
