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Reuse art

Bottle caps, puzzle pieces, magazine scraps, and anything else that was headed for the trash — sorted, cut, and rebuilt into something new.

Reuse + Murals →

Lime-green picture frame trimmed with painted cut-outs of fried eggs, bacon, jam toast, a coffee mug and a black spatula, holding a watercolor of a lemon slice floating in a cup — Sunny Side, 2026Watercolor and painted cut-outs on a found frame

Fabric collage of a yellow and black Eastern meadowlark perched on a branch, built from torn cloth and textile scraps — Eastern Meadowlark, 2025fabric samples on reused cork board

Large suspended dragon sculpture made from reused egg cartons and mixed materials on chicken wire for a Lunar New Year celebration — Sunny the LNY Dragon, 2025Reused egg cartons and mixed materials on chicken wire

Close-up of a reuse-art panel built from green marker caps, puzzle pieces, yarn, plastic straws and metal spoons forming an Earth Day landscape — Monet's Bridge, 2025Reused marker caps, puzzle pieces, yarn and found objects on panel

Collage portrait of a face built from torn magazine paper, painted eyes and cut-out lettering on an orange background — Very Creative, 2024Cut paper and magazine scraps

Framed reuse-art seascape of Cape May made from blue and yellow bottle caps, marker caps, dominoes and other salvaged objects — Van Gogh's Stars, Gogh Recycle, 2024Acrylic paint and recycled materials on salvaged cork board

Reuse-art interpretation of a great wave, built from white and blue puzzle pieces and bottle caps on a weathered cork board — Hokusai's Wave, 2024Reused puzzle pieces and bottle caps on cork board

Two tall panels densely covered in sorted bottle caps, one in purples and one in pinks and reds — Yin Yang, 2024Bottle caps and reclaimed materials on wood panels

Red-capped mushroom sculpted from recycled plastic and metal parts in a dark painted forest with moss made from can tabs — Moss, 2024Acrylic paint, recycled materials on salvaged cork board

Sculptural rainbow made from stacked colored bottle caps threaded on wire arcs above clouds built from white caps — Cap Rainbow, 2023Bottle caps, wire, acrylic on panel

Think Green mixed-media artwork photographed on pavement, showing a bottle-cap tree, painted sky and river, green lettering, and a QR code sticker — Think Green, 2023Recycled plastic printed on decal

Seven oval clusters of reclaimed plastic toys arranged by color from black through red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple on white bread tags — PALette, 2023Reclaimed plastic toys, bread tags

Collage of a red fox sitting at the edge of a dark forest, built from torn magazine paper — Elusive Fox, 2023Torn magazine paper on canvas

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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