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Recycled Crafts

The recycling bin is a treasure trove for artists who reuse elements to create these clever decorative pieces. Top to bottom: Sausalito artist Roost uses confetti in his table vases, $24 each; Mexican candy wrappers and potato chip bags are woven into this colorful purse, $54; Oregon-based Resource Revival transforms a bicycle chain into a business card holder, $28; artist Kenneth Logan adds toy car wheels to desertrocks in his one-of-a-kind Rock and Rollers, $48. All available at The Urban Green, 1880 Solano Ave., Berkeley, (510) 525-2500, www.theurbangreen.com.

 

Recycled Crafts
Robert J. Perry

This article appears in the July 2007 issue of Diablo Magazine

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