Jewelry designer Betty Jo makes art from trash
There’s this neat little trend going around where people take arty photographs of collections of stuff. Jewelry designer Elisabeth Jones makes “Rubbish Rainbows” from items she finds along the beach and river and organizes them by colour and/or type. It comes off as something between Things Organized Neatly and those I Spy books. It’s awesome.
While you may not want your kids picking up littered items they’ve found in the park (Jones picking up stuff washed ashore by the ocean sounds much cleaner), this could be a great rainy day (or any day) activity. Have your kids hunt through old toys in the basement, or go through your recycling box and pick out colourful items like bottle lids and doll hairbrushes. If said items have come from dusty boxes in the garage or basement, dump them in a sink of soap and hot water and give them a little scrub. Then have the kids organize by colour and arrange however their little artistic eyes please. Once they’re happy with their arrangements, hand them the iphone or point-and-shoot camera to capture their masterpiece.
