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Trashures

The Beauty of Useless Stuff
By Tineke Meirink and Anja Brunt
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Trashures celebrates the art of transforming rubbish and everyday objects into creative treasures. Designers Anja Brunt and illustrator Tineke Meirink explore the beauty hidden in the mundane, showcasing works by fifteen international artists who specialise in rubbish art. Each featured artist provides a step-by-step DIY project, inviting readers to engage directly with the creative process and rethink waste as a source of artistic inspiration.
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Ideal for enthusiasts of urban art, recycling culture, DIY craft lovers, and those intrigued by contemporary arts and culture seeking innovative ways to engage with environmental creativity.

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Features fifteen international artists who work with rubbish from various countries, showcases some of their projects, and has a DIY spread for a project by every artist.

The book features fifteen international artists who work with rubbish from various countries, showcases some of their projects, and has a DIY spread for a project by every artist

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Rubbish Rocks! For those who have an eye for it, there is beauty in everything, from rubbish to plain useless stuff. Designer Anja Brunt and illustrator Tineke Meirink have always been intrigued by the beauty of the mundane.

For BIS Publishers, they both created a memory game, and now they join forces for a combination celebration and DIY book on rubbish art. The popularity of urban art, recycling, rubbish art, and the whole Make culture inspired them to create a book that showcases recent works by international artists who work with useless things and provides the reader with step-by-step instructions to create their own artwork in the spirit of these artists.

The book features fifteen international artists from various countries who work with rubbish, showcases some of their projects, and includes a DIY spread for a project by each artist.

Anja Brunt is a designer who published with BIS the Make a Face Memory Game, which is full of funny faces created with everyday materials. Tineke Meirink is an illustrator who created for BIS the Can You See What I See Memory Game, where she gives a whole new meaning to pictures of everyday objects by adding small sketches to them.

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"Read this book and a visit to the tip will become as inspirational as a trip to the art supplies store." – New Design magazine
Trashures resonates deeply with creative minds, helping readers to open their eyes to beauty in everyday items and find fresh perspectives on rubbish. It inspires a transformative view on junk by connecting art and recycling.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789063694258

Publisher: BIS Publishers B.V.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 21 July 2016

Country: Netherlands

Imprint: BIS Publishers B.V.

Illustration: Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 215.0mm

Height: 282.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 80

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Anja Brunt Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Crafts & Hobbies Non-Fiction Tineke Meirink

About the Author

Anja Brunt (Author)

Anja Brunt has had over 20 years of experience in the field of design, during which time she has worked with major creative agencies, been featured in large-scale publications, and has created several of her own published works. Based in the Netherlands, where she attended Artez University of Arts), she has focused her work extensively on designing for children.

Her undergraduate work focused on teaching children about 'Time' through the medium of design, with much of her free time also designated to running creative workshops for children. The love stems from her interest in toy design, which has been her continual pursuit within the industry.

Tineke Meirink (Author)

Tineke Meirink is an illustrator who created for BIS Publishers the Can You See What I See Memory Game, in which she gives a whole new meaning to pictures of everyday objects by adding small sketches to them.

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