As I detangle myself from the empire, I mourn the loss of the parts of me that were so stuck that they had to be cut free.

#liberation #revolution #art #artist #junkjournal #creativereuse #collage #LowCountry #2026
"I have great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift."

SEPTIMA POINSETTE CLARK

I'm noticing that the tape I use on my art journal pages makes my work hard to photograph without a glare. But this kinda brings the ancestor's words back to life for me.

#collageart #lowcountry #artist #artjournal #creativereuse
Zine making is one of the ways I process the world around me. This mixed media creative reuse zine is inspired by the SELC's Plantation to Pollution series. It is made from a cereal box, brown paper bags, straws, bread tabs, and other household trash and will be featured in the 2026 Gullah/Geechee CREATE Showcase.

#zines #art #creativereuse #lowcountry

#CreativeReuseToronto Storefront Drop-in #RepairCafe

Sunday, January 11, 2026 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Creative Reuse Toronto
68 Abell St, Toronto

"Bring your broken items to Creative Reuse Toronto's storefront location. We will be fixing small appliances, home electronics, clothing, jewellery and small furniture.

Accepting items for repair until 3:00PM.

Come early and beat the rush!"

Source: https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/creative-reuse-toronto-storefront-drop-in-repair-events-2025-2/?rc-date=20260111

#SolarPunkSunday #CreativeReuse #RepairCafesToronto #RepairCafes #FixIt #RightToRepair

Creative Reuse Toronto Storefront Drop-in Repair Events – Repair Café Toronto

New Works Enter the Public Domain

A new year brings a wave of literary works into the public domain, offering writers fresh opportunities and important legal cautions.

The Self-Publishing Advice Center
playing with low-tech ways to share my art. humans do it better.

#art #folkart #handmade #upcycledart #junkjournal #creativereuse
'envir ♻️ nment of my pr♻️ ducts'

(in process)

creation > consumption

#artjournal #collage #art #creativereuse #upcycledart

Gifting holidays often come with enormous pressures to choose the right gifts, the best gifts, and the newest, shiniest gifts. If you're looking for something a little more personal, why not try creative reuse?

"Creative reuse" is a broad term, but we use it to refer to anything that gives new life to an older thing. Clothing you've outgrown, jewelry or glassware that has been broken, unreadable books, and more - all of these things can be re-used, made into something new, beautiful, and significant. You could do this at a Creative Reuse Center or a Repair Cafe, but you can also do it at home!

Here's a piece I made with scrapbooking paper and old books, at Dabble Creative Reuse Center! Since the books were no longer useful in their original form, and the scrapbooking paper was no longer suitable for its original purpose, both could be combined into a cut-paper design with new life.

#ZeroWaste #PlasticFreeDMV #RepairCafe #CreativeReuse

Note to self: Resourceful=full of resources. Resource rich. We don't know we are resource rich until the resources around us disappear. The resources inside me are ever present and renewable. They are enhanced in community and refined by trial.

Traced images using the resources I had available: plastic lid, dryer sheet, paper bag.

#foundobjectart #upcycled #folkart #creativereuse