{"id":278,"date":"2013-07-15T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimcookhome.com\/kchblog\/?p=278"},"modified":"2014-10-24T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:14:00","slug":"artful-decor-from-recycled-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimcookhome.com\/kchblog\/artful-decor-from-recycled-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Artful Decor From Recycled Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

KIM COOK
\nAssociated Press<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us dispatch our used paper to a bin, the first step on the way to Recycle Land. These household accumulations of paper and cardboard are just one more thing to get rid of.<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, there are designers and artists who see possibilities in all that wood pulp. They\u2019re busy using it to create art, decorative accessories, even furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n

So what you sent to the recycling center just might find its way back, in some form, to your home.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trent Mayol\u2019s company, SmartDeco, designs and makes heavy-duty cardboard furniture that\u2019s simple, stylish and easy to put together without tools. The idea came to him when he was a University of Southern California neuroscience major dealing with the packing and logistical hassles of his fifth college-housing move.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNobody likes dealing with furniture. Especially those living what we\u2019ve deemed the \u2018one-year-lease lifestyle,\u2019\u201d Mayol says. \u201cThese people are young, economically savvy, and never in the same place for too long.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

SmartDeco\u2019s pieces, which include a desk, sidestand and dressers, are engineered to hold up to 400 pounds, with multiple layers of fiber and a center arched reinforcing panel. Yet they\u2019re lightweight and easy to move.<\/span><\/p>\n

Available in Kraft finish (the natural brown of the cardboard) or white, the Modesto, Calif.-made furniture might appeal particularly to college students, but has enough of a hip look for a wider audience too. Customize the pieces if you want; a plastic snap-on protective shelf cover comes with each one. (www.smartdecofurniture.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seattle design studio Graypants makes striking light fixtures out of repurposed cardboard boxes, in a series called Scraplights. The corrugated cardboard allows light to play dramatically through the fixtures, and it\u2019s treated with a non-toxic fire retardant. (www.graypants.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Amy Gibson\u2019s medium is magazines. The Seattle artist folds sections of recycled periodicals into color slabs, which she combines into one-of-a-kind wall art and mirror frames. (www.etsy.com\/shop\/colorstorydesigns<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

If paper d\u00e9cor intrigues you, visit other Etsy.com stores for items or inspiration. Israeli artist Ruti Ben Dror offers functional bowls made of origami folded paper. San Antonio, Texas-based Shannon Ruby crafts clocks out of recycled magazines and paper; some are made of a myriad of curled paper circles, others are starbursts made of colorful rolled pages. And she\u2019ll custom design. (www.etsy.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find similar brightly hued work done by Indian craftspeople, in folded or spooled storage boxes and vessels at HomeGoods. (www.homegoods.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Restoration Hardware Baby & Child has papier mache animal heads, including sharks, antelope, giraffes and stags, made by Haitian artists out of recycled paper similar to newsprint. Each piece has the look of a typographic sculpture. (www.rhbabyandchild.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Sometimes inspiration comes when you\u2019re just trying to clean up a bit. A decade ago, photographer and artist Adrienne Moumin was relocating from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Maryland. Before she moved out of her rented darkroom, she began printing up a bunch of architectural shots she had lying around. She noticed that the prints had the makings of a collage, so she printed some more, and the project took on a life of its own.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI started the series in 2003, thinking it was what I\u2019d do in the meantime while I searched for a rental darkroom,\u201d says Moumin. \u201cIt soon turned into the main art form I practice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The pieces, many of which she showed at the recent Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York City, are intricately hand-cut assemblages drawn from the geometric, often fractal images of skyscrapers and other urban elements that she had photographed and turned into silver gelatin prints. (www.picturexhibit.com<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Got a carful of old maps, but now have GPS? Decoupage cartographic pages onto waste bins, serving trays or furniture, or wooden or cardboard letters for instant d\u00e9cor. Old atlas pages make cool lampshades, drawer liners or framed wall art. You\u2019ll find instructions galore online.\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n