Recycle , Upcycle and Repurpose

When someone sees the value in a discard item, it not only receives a new lease on life but also sees a positive change in its aesthetic value. In addition to being good for the environment, upcycling and repurposing materials allows for new design possibilities and challenges preconceived ideas about the profession of design. Value of things and materials is frequently determined by their overall cost, however some artists dispute this idea and have been producing artwork using recycled materials, giving life to new forms of designing.

Recycle, upcycle, and repurpose:

Recycle: Recycling is the process of dismantling materials and utilising them once again as opposed to allowing them to end up in landfills. In most cases, recycled objects are completely remade and have a longer lifespan than they would have otherwise.

Upcycle: To alter or redesign a product's appearance is known as upcycling. Many things have sturdy structures, yet all they need are minor design, operational, or cosmetic tweaks to make them better.

Repurpose: Repurposing entails taking a product that is no longer useful and giving it a new, more appropriate use.

Environmental sustainability, significant financial and energy savings are only a few advantages of upcycling, recycling, and repurposing. The goal of saving the world must be the same throughout all processes. There have been numerous efforts made to raise awareness of it.

Artists and the working style :

Ptolemy Elrington is an artist who works uses recycled and found materials to create sculptures of natural form. He is working with a variety of materials including shopping trolleys, scrap metal and car wheel trims which he re-shapes into a variety of life forms. He uses hubcaps to create his sculptures

Shari Mendelson is an artist who creates the artifacts using discarded plastics , metals and ceramic artifacts. Shari collects numerous bottles of any type and cuts them into pieces to repurpose them in the most creative way along with acrylic polymers and glue to attach them and make the surface of the art piece. 

                     

There are many such artists who have been upcycling, recycling, and reusing waste materials to create incredible works of art and attempt to bring about the change that this planet so desperately needs. They are not only challenging preconceived notions about what constitutes art, but they are also motivating others to adopt a sustainable lifestyle in their way.