FunTasTickz
"The Art Of Recycling"
In my studio apartment, my trash can is my most valued asset -where I can go for art materials. To me, there are two kinds of trash: 1)stuff I throw out on purpose assuming it had no value. :2)stuff thrown out accidentally that I assumed had value. FunTasTickz attempts to addresses the issues that I call "The Disposable Society". The Artist, Dennis N. Easter, has created all of my artwork from discarded items from my trash can as well as from trash cans in my community in order to prevent the resources from ending up in a landfill where it can affect Climate Change.
A The Lesson That I have Learned ... One Person'S Trash Is Another Person's Treasure.
Excess And Scarcity, The Disposable Society"
Imagine this:as many artists search for affordable art supplies , ironically, miles away many tons of plastics, metals, glass, paper and other resources are being buried in landfills. Sadly, this is the co-existence of excess and scarcity in our culture.
Before it is too late, we must began to think outside the landfills or we'll be living In It, because we are running out of places to put our trash/resources. To help me the recycling efforts, I developed FunTasTickz.
What is FunTasTickz Trash Artz ?
FunTasTickz Trash Artz is a green environment- friendly arts and craft problem -solving tool developed by, environmental artist, Dennis N. Easter, over a 14 year period, to help him navigate the plastics and other materials in his household trash ,including clothing, in order to prevent the resources from ending up in a landfill where it can affect Climate Change . In the end ,the artist is attempting to reduce the size of his carbon footprint.
The artist is willing to reach out to other people and organizations to show what he has learned from FunTasTickz. The project : re-thinks, re-cycles, re-uses, re-invents, re-defines , re-fashions and re-evaluates natural resources before sending them to a landfill .At the same time, FunTasTickz will fill the world with art instead of trash.
We Have Been Warned
A Report from the Earth Day Network stated that there are currently 3,091 landfills in the U.S. which contain around 12 billion metric tons of plastics and other materials. Ironically, though plastic bottles are collected for recycling every week, 9 out of every ten tons of plastic bottles collected for recycling will end up in a landfill. The Earth Day Network went on to say that it is believe that plastics do not bio degrade and can remain buried for hundreds of years.
Another report found in Newsweek, the average American will throw away 80 lbs. of clothing annually. 84% will of the clothing will end up in a landfill where it will release harmful green house gases that can affect global warming. In addition to affecting global warming, the dyes and chemicals in the fabrics can leach into the soil contaminating both surface and ground water.
Studio One: "From Ragz To Blanketz"
What Is From Ragz To Blanketz ?
" From Ragz To Blanketz "is an art and craft project developed by environmental artist Dennis N. Easter to help him navigate his old clothing that was either too worn to wear or too damaged to donate- in order to prevent the resources from going to a landfill.
The fabrics used to transform the clothing into colorful blankets were embellished with different colors, textures, patterns and designs .
lothing Used With From Ragz To Blanketz:
denim pants , *denim shirts, * khaki pants, *Khaki shirts, *corduroy pants * corduroy shirts, *sheets, *pillow cases and *tee shirts.
All the fabrics were embellished with beautiful textures, colors ,patterns and designs.
NOTE: To date,2019, the artist has transformed many pounds of old clothing into seven colorful blanketz therefore, preventing the resources from ending up in a landfill .
After gathering all of these materials, the artist cut all of the clothing into four inch equal squares . The hardest thing to do was making all the different textures come together and express a totally new idea.
Cut clothing .
To date 2/10/20, the artist has transformed many pounds of old clothing into eight blanketz.
The Rainbow's End
"Brooklyn"
"Artober" '
Artober was created was created during the month of October . Therefore, autumn colors were used. Measurements: 64 inchesX 72inches
ABOUT US
FunTasTickz Trash Artz is a problem solving tool developed by Environmental artist Dennis N. Easter to help him navigate the plastics and other trash in his home weekly- in order to prevent these natural resources from ending up in a landfill. According to statistics, 9 out of every ten tons of plastic bottles collected for recycling will end up in a landfill. On the other hand , the bottle caps are rarely recycled.
About The Artist
The artist was born in Emporia Virginia in 1950 to two creative parents. His father, a government worker, in his spare time, made beautiful pocket books wallets and picture frames from discarded cigarette packages, while his mother was recycling everything from aluminum foil to wax paper and the gift wrapping paper used for Christmas gifts. d. his mother would use Christmas wrapping paper year after year. His mother was a recycle queen, while his father was recycle king. The artist started making art at an early age from things that he would find in the woods while playing with his four brothers.
The artist attended Hofstra University and graduated with a B.S. Degree in Social Science. After graduating, from college, the artist landed a job working for The Administration For Children Services/ ACS, where he was fortunate to work with hundreds of foster children with his FunTasTickz Trash Artz project. The artist worked with the children for two and a half years, in four different boroughs. The artist enjoy teaching the children the art of recycling so much that he had the children bring their own bottle caps to the meetings. The artist did a special session of creativity at the Children Zone Harlem.. Both the children and the artist enjoyed the event.The Director of the program, Circle Of Support, even collected plastic and metal bottle caps from all of her co-workers. The Jar on the directors desk stayed full with the colorful bottle caps. The director also bought the glue and the craft sticks used in the projects. Because of the director, the artist always had resources for the children to work with.. When the artist first started going to the sessions to work with the children he felt like a teacher, however,as he left each session, he began to see himself more as a student because of the things that he was learning from the children as well.
In order to promote recycling of resources and prevent the resources from ending up in a landfill, the artist is willing to work with other artists and organizations to make it happen. The artist believe that in order to see this problem differently, we must look at it differently. All trash is only mismanaged resources.
What Is Funtastickz ?
SERVICES
Bottle Cap Sculpturez
The Bottle Cap Sculpture project was started when the artist was baby sitting his daughter and her nieces and nephew. All of the children were bored. So the artist went to the basement of his home to get the bottle caps, popsicle sticks and glue. All of the children had a wonderful experience. However, I think that I had more Fun than the children.
From Ragz To Blanketz
The From Ragz To Blanketz project started because of a problem: The home of the artist, had no heat. Therefore, in order to stay warm, the artist cut up some of his old clothing that he did not want to throw away - and he made a blanket out of the rags. Now, the artist can see his favorite patterns , designs textures and colors everyday when he make up his bed. The artist, to date, has created 7 Blanketz from the artist's old clothing that was "too worn to wear and too damaged to donate".
Photography & Trashlight
Photography is the medium that the artist used to tract his artistic progress for all of his projects. Photography is used to capture the nanatural environment. His Trashlight is about photographing disposable items/trash under beautiful colored lighting, which the artist also developed.