Re-Create!
MOCHA collaborates with the City of Oakland on an annual exhibit, but you can Re-Create all year long!
MOCHA has always been committed to re-using, re-purposing and re-creating from things that would normally end up in the landfill.
We’ve collected some of our favorite lessons and resources together to inspire you to re-create, too.
Curriculum for teachers!
Check out these lessons created by the MOCHA education staff.
Many of our MOCHA at Home projects use recycled materials!
Inspirational links:
View a slideshow of last year's Re-Create entries here
Here are some websites showing a variety of art to get you started.
- www.infobarrel.com/Top_10_Most_Amazing_and_Creative_Recycled_Art_Displays
- www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/12/non-trashy-recycled-and-trash-art/
- www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/junk-art-photos-10-amazin_n_487050.html
- www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/09/junk-art-photos-10-amazin_n_487050.html
- Heather Jansch creates horses form driftwood : www.heatherjansch.com/
- Sandhi Schimmel makes inspiring mosiacs from junk mail and scrap paper: www.schimmelart.com/index.htm
- Virginia Fleck creates beautiful designs from plastic bags: virginiafleck.com/public-art
- Kwytza Chopstick Art makes basics from post-use chopsticks: www.chopstickart.com/
- Clare Graham turns all kinds of bits and pieces into baskets, sculptures and chandaliers: www.moneychoices.com.au/blog/making-cash-from-trash-recycled-art-clare-graham.php
- Smokie Kittner and Harry Anderson make cityscapes from found objects: smokiekittner.com/recycledcity.aspx
- toge-NYC spent 80hrs creating a chinese dragon from plastic silverware:toge-nyc.deviantart.com/art/Plasticdragon-12822409
Want more projects? These fun websites are also good resources for recycled projects to do at home or in the classroom!
- www.raft.net
- www.recyclart.org/
- www.make-stuff.com/indexes/recyclingindex.html
- www.kid-at-art.com
- www.kinderart.com/recycle/
Material Sources
- East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse, 4695 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland. 510.547.6470 www.east-bay-depot.org/
- RAFT – Resource Area for Teachers, 1355 Ridder Park Dr.,
- San Jose. 408. 451.1420 www.raft.net
- Urban Ore, 900 Murray Street Berkeley. 510.841-SAVE
- Kid Max - a part of Cal Max www.ciwmb.ca.gov/calmax/kmaxsrch.asp
- SCRAP, 801 Toland St., San Francisco. 415.647.1746 www.scrap-sf.org
Recycling Information
- City of Oakland Recycling, 510.238-SAVE recycling@oaklandnet.com, www.oaklandrecycles.com, www.oaklandpw.com
- Alameda County Waste Management, 510.614.1699. www.stopwaste.org
