Martina Taylor
My art quilts explore interior spaces, temporality, and material excess. I’m interested in the physicality and build up of information through the use of surface design, screen print, appliqué, and image transfer techniques. Much of my work engages with the concept of temporality, and the way secondhand fabric acts as a physical embodiment of time, symbolic of the past while recontextualized in the present. I’m drawn to the unintentional assemblages of the everyday that are the storytellers of our world: a cluttered unfinished basement, peeling layers of billboard, here today and gone tomorrow. Through a careful textile recreation, I hope to deepen our practice of witnessing the everyday.
Louis Gribaudo
Louis is a Philadelphia, PA based artist and musician. In 1978 he was awarded a full
scholarship to The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where he studied figure
drawing with Marshall Glasier. In 1990, he made the decision to concentrate solely
on painting watercolor landscapes and did so until 2006. Through that sixteen year
period, his paintings became more abstract and these ideas set the precedent for his
current work.
He employs a process driven call & response approach to painting, with the
aesthetic goal of balancing shifting degrees of chaos and potential through the
orchestration of organic and geometric structures.
Brian David Dennis
I am a multimedia visual artist. My body of work ranges from large installations to small collages. From immersive to intimate, I attempt to extrude the extraordinary from the common. I’ve constructed soaring towers of coffee stirrers and presented lost worlds discovered in minute street trash. My imagination seeks wondrous realms from our everyday world.
Oonagh McKenna
“Dumpster” is created exclusively with trash and materials that were otherwise bound for the landfill: cereal boxes, toothpicks, and other recycled materials, and painted with trash-picked acrylic paints. Made to highlight the beauty of overlooked places, this sculpture depicts a graffiti covered Philly dumpster in high detail, with articulated lid and hand painted details. This piece aims to connect the viewer to the urban environment around them and to view the mundane through a new lens.
E H Doering
Native Philadelphia artist with a vintage heart and contemporary hands.
Abigail Haze
Abigail Haze, a Philadelphia native, creates mesmerizing collages handcut exclusively from reclaimed materials. Centering a deep respect for sustainability she has adopted a zero-waste practice, recycling all collage scrap into handmade paper for bookbinding projects. With colorful sensuality, Abigail’s work celebrates the abundance found in both natural and spiritual worlds. Her pieces hold reverence for her own prismatic womanhood and the mysteries of pleasure. She hopes to provide opportunity for curious minds to become lost in kaleidoscopic gardens of delight, saturated in vibrant sunsets.
Olivia Caro
Olivia is a multidisciplinary artist currently focusing on fiber arts. They use secondhand fabric to explore themes of home, relationships, and change in their quilts. They also teach papermaking and basket weaving classes at The Soapbox.
Eduardo Jiménez
I create art from the trash I find on daily walks on the beach and streets of Brigantine, NJ. My mission as a clean community advocate is to expose the issues surrounding marine pollution. My objective is to put forth a concrete statement that illustrates the link between careless littering and danger to marine life. Pollution, in the form of improperly discarded trash, is my medium. My use of cigarette butts, plastic bottles, mylar balloons, etc., is intended to create awareness, discussion and perhaps bring forth solutions for coastal conservation. I create 3D art which calls upon the viewer to think twice about dropping that cigarette butt or releasing balloons into the sky.
Meiaurt
“The Sea Goddess” is an ethereal gown crafted from recycled materials, seamlessly blending sustainability with fantasy. Inspired by the ocean’s power and mystery, its flowing silhouette mimics waves, adorned with lace and delicate embellishments. Each element—repurposed fabrics, intricate details, and cascading layers—tells a story of renewal and transformation. More than just fashion, this piece is an artistic statement, celebrating the beauty of reimagining waste into wearable magic..
Chris Curchin
In these recycled box forms, I love the erratic randomness of shape and tearing that yield irregular surfaces for experimentation. Originally not intended as finished products, I became quite fond of them as relics; like manuscripts telling the story of the process, the elements and their recycling/creation.
I am a self-taught artist who began painting in 1985. I teach music and art at a non-profit preschool in Philadelphia.
Marisa Canino
In my mixed-media work, I search for patterns and textures that can be repurposed and/or reassembled to become something new. Using found fabrics, vintage books & papers, up-cycled clothing & household linens, and vintage plates, my work honors these past forms while creating something new that is full of narrative and whimsy.
no. 27 collection
The no. 27 collection by artist and designer Shelly Rabuse is born from a love of vintage and second hand. She scours flea markets, thrift stores and estate sales for vintage jewelry that is recreated into new, modern pieces. In a world inundated with repetition and disposable items, Shelly takes a piece of the past and writes a new chapter for it while promoting sustainability. Each unique piece is created in her Philadelphia studio at NextFab.
Sharon Hillman
Sharon Hillman is a designer and textile artist in Philadelphia. She upcycles remnants, scraps, and secondhand fabrics to create something new and exciting while reducing waste. Her mission is to be kind to the planet and repurpose materials that might otherwise end up in a landfill.
Made in the Shade LLC
I refinish and restore furniture professionally. Pieces are often salvaged, found on trash day, thrift or marketplace. I also do custom work for clients looking to refresh rather than replace their furniture.
Silver Path Jewelry
“The Forgotten Relics” is a collection created from a controlled melting process, fusing sterling silver scraps and dust into textured organic shapes inspired by nature.
My spoon rings and pendants are created from reclaimed hand-selected vintage and antique silver plated flatware. They are sawed, filed, sanded, shaped and polished by hand, truly giving them a new life.
Luissed Yibirin
Luissed Yibirin (Venezuelan, b. 2001) is currently seeking a Bachelor in Fine Art at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Since she was little she has always been very nostalgic; she had had feelings about the past that she was leaving and that she, strangely, easily understood would not return. The immigration she has had to do has influenced her work to such an extent that it has inspired many aspects of it, and has been part of the inspiration, process and results of several of her projects. Subtly aspects and objects of the culture and religion in which she was raised are represented, creating a space between bright and opaque tones that form an atmosphere of nostalgia.
Lauren Kim
Lauren Kim is a multidisciplinary artist living in Brewerytown, Philadelphia. A fan of all mediums, her creations are usually a mashup of her woodworking background and love for fine arts.
These pieces were created with feelings of nostalgia, home, and heart.
Donna Pena
2 recycled paintings cut up and woven together using mineral paper and acrylic inks.