Monday 22 April 2013

"Biking Two Ways"

~ ReCycle ~ UpCycle ~ BiCycle ~

"This Green World is an Awesome, Creative, Inspiring place to be an Artist and Designer"
 The Green World is truly Your Oyster, Your Playground! 
Once you start looking around through the "green" lens at all those discarded items that are forsaken, gathering dust, rusting and rendered useless by many, you quickly realize the hidden gems, the wonderful materials, the abundant resources you truly have at your fingertips.
  
I don't think I have stopped at a yard sale in recent years that didn't have a second hand bike for sale. In most instances a bicycle is something that can function in its original state for a very long time. Bikes can be re-used, fixed, used again and customized. The bicycle offers purposeful functionality for both pleasure and business. Bike couriers would be lost without their ride!

Having a couple of bikes is the norm for many of my friends. Racers, Cruisers, City Bikes, Electric, Stationary (okay, I jest with the stationary). If I told  a few of my die hard cycling buddies that I was going transform a bike into something other than a bike they may scoff at the idea. They might be first in line for a little BiCycle Paraphernalia though!

Check out some of these cool projects fellow Artisans and Designers have come up with.

"Biking Two Ways"
~ Ride It! or Hide It! ~
~ ReCycle ~ UpCycle ~ BiCycle ~

1. TICK-TOCK~ Rim & Pedal Casing



 

  
2. INDUSTRIAL CHANDELIER ~ Bike Chains & Rims

 
3. TABLES ~ Rims & Spokes



4. CYCLE ART ~ Chains & Frames



5.  ARCHITECTURAL FEATURE ~ Bike Vanity


 ~ ReCycle ~ UpCycle ~ BiCycle ~

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