Green, Sustainable Art

I wanted to write about something pretty tonight, and so I bring you toilet-paper-roll art. I know, I know, but I was so struck by the beauty of the installation, I had to check out the artist, Yuken Teruya.

Not only can the man transform something as banal as a toilet paper roll into something gorgeous and ethereal, his other materials include butterfly chrysalises and pizza boxes as political and social statement.

Teruya was born in Okinawa in 1973 and holds both a BFA and an MFA. He shows his work all over the world and resides in New York city.

His works range from delightful (like the tp rolls) to deeply personal and politically and socially meaningful. He shows at the Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Santa Monica, and I hope to see his work in person one day soon.

- Jocelyn Broyles

Headline image found on RubyReusable.com

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Kamryn M.

6:06PM PST on Jan 13, 2012

interesting.

send a green star

Asiatic L.

4:05AM PDT on Sep 13, 2011

love it!!

Shaheen N.

1:23PM PDT on Sep 11, 2011

Thats a good example of Recycle & reuse.

Chris R.

12:01PM PDT on Sep 9, 2011

I like it!~

Rachel B.

7:16AM PDT on Sep 8, 2011

do check out the rubyreusable.com site (the one in the article doesn't work) - what an imagination!

dawn w.

9:20PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

Huh.That's surprisingly pretty.

Punnarai P.

8:49PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

Very Creative!

Laurie D.

1:35PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

Perhaps if we got more creative with our trash, there would BE LESS TRASH!! Go forward!

Margaret D.

12:35PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

I was hoping to see more pics!

Laura S.

12:31PM PDT on Sep 7, 2011

Gloria H's comment reminded me of school craft projects made with "popsicle" sticks, back when we'd actually save the sticks from frozen treats until we had enough to make something. Now, parents are just commanded to go buy a package of wooden sticks and send them to school with their child. Meanwhile, the sticks that come in the frozen pops are thrown out. Are they even still made of wood? Or are they now plastic?