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Reuse + Murals

The in-between stuff: big builds that blur the line between a mural and a reuse installation — community pieces with paint, caps, and plenty of hands.

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Bottle-cap mural of a giant rainbow hot air balloon decorated with learning icons, floating over green cap hills with two smaller balloons — Lift Off, 2026Bottle caps and acrylic on wood panel

Julia leaping in front of a sports-themed mural painted with tennis, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey icons — M is for Metuchen, 2026Exterior acrylic and bread tags on cinder block

Large outdoor mural of a monarch butterfly, hummingbird, sunflowers and clouds made entirely from recycled plastic bottle caps on a brick wall — SkyCAP, 2024Recycled bottle caps on painted brick

Large wall mural spelling PREserve, built from bottle caps and found objects with an owl, ice cream cone, milkshake, and town icons — PREserve, 2023Recycled bottle caps and mixed materials on panel

Triangular recycled street sign mural depicting endangered New Jersey species — butterfly, tree frog, bog turtle and bittern — made from reused bread tags and found materials — reMEMBER, 2022Reused bread tags on recycled street sign

Let’s make something loud

Murals, reuse commissions, workshops, or a face-painting table at your event — send a note and I’ll reply with ideas and a quote.

jvwcreates@gmail.com

Tell me this much

✂What is it — wall, sculpture, event?
✂Where, and roughly how big?
✂When do you need it finished?
✂Any budget range in mind?

Julia lying back in a colorful pit of rescued bottle caps

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