Bicycle Reuse Inspiration



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Burning Man Festival 2007 by Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector
Bikes reclaimed from garbage dumps and recycling centers form a 30 foot high archway.
Pic: Jenene Chesbrough www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Shop Germany
Christian Petersen admires the facade of the bike shop he co-owns in Atlandsberg, north east of Berlin. How they get the bikes down when needed is an unknown!  www.pixdaus.com




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Bicycle Fence
Pic: www.ibikecolumbia.blogspot.com




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Bicycle Furniture  Tubes as cushions, wheels as frame.
By Andrew Gregg - designs many great pieces - check out his site...
www.bikefurniture.com




bicycle furniture
 
Tour Table  by Gae Aulenti
Available through: www.mintshop.co.uk
Pic: www.moggit.com




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Retread - By Judd Turner
Bicycle tires, wood frame. 26" x 18"
www.judturner.com




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Robert Rauschenberg Riding Bikes, 1998
With neon, in a fountain, Berlin.
Pic: Hans Bug www.commons.wikimedia.org




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Bicycle Gate
Pic: www.funfunpics.blogspot.com




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Bicycle Sculpture Vancouver, Canada
An bike riding artist driven to frustration...
Pic: Dustin Sacks www.flickr.com




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Sculpture on top of the River City Bicycle Store Portland, OR
Pic: Dr Burtoni www.flickr.com




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SeeSaw Bike - made from Brooks England bike parts...
Designed by Ben Wilson 
www.viacomit.net





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Susan Crownenwett, San Francisco 1999
Have seen extended length fences like this, that look really nice...
www.sunsetscavenger.com




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Hanging Bicycle Fence - Myrtleford, Australia
Pic: www.picasaweb.google.com




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Bicycle Gate
Popular design for the wheels keep the gate up off the ground.
www.funfunpics.blogspot.com




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Bicycle Gate  My favorite!

www.funfunpics.blogspot.com




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Bicycle Fence in Blue Ridge Mountains
www.funfunpics.blogspot.com




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Black Bicycle Fence
www.funfunpics.blogspot.com




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Bicycle Fence
Surrounding Recycle Ithaca's Bicycle's (RIB) Old Shop
Pic: Sandy Su www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Sculpture by Donald Lipski
Washington Convention Center. Lipski's stool sculpture seen behind.
Pic: Thom Watson www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Sculpture 'Surge' 2006, Chicago.
Lucy Slavinski  www.lucyslivinski.com



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Bicycle Sculpture and Windchime
by David James of Alberta, Canada. www.bikengruvin.com



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Bicycle Wheel Dome
Designer: Philippe Lablond - bicycle shop owner Whitehorse, Yukon
Pic: www.canadiandesignresource.ca




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Bicycle Sculpture by Jake Beckman
Entrance to Morgana Run Bike Trail Cleveland
www.americantrails.org




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Bicycle Sculpture 'Cyclisk'
Artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector. Santa Rosa's 65' obelisk sculpted from recycled bicycles. It weighs 10,000 lbs and is made from roughly 340 recycled bicycles collected from local nonprofit community bike projects. It took nearly four months of welding to manufacture. Could be the look of the future, obelisks of waste. Pic: www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Wheel Mirrors
By Gilbert VandenHeuvel of Ontario
www.therecycler.ca  $300.




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Ivy League Bikers
www.flickr.com




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Rusting bicycle trellis hung on side of houseboat Bolinas, California
Pic: James Gaither www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Fence - Golden, Texas
Pic: www.tphblog.com



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Bike Accident in Denmark
Pic: Tomasz Sienicki www.commons.wikimedia.org




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Bicycle Celebration - St Omer, France
By Phil Nevard www.flickr.com




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Fish on Bikes - Surrey, England
Artist: Daren Greenhow
Pic: M J Richardson www.commons.wikimedia.org




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Bicycle Gear Sphere by James Irving
Pic: Paul Carnahan www.flickr.com




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Bicycle Sculpture, Palmer Sculpture Biennial, Australia
Pic: Harvey Schiller www.flickr.com




bicycle reuse

Bike Cart - After shopping, for flat lands only.
Instructables - How to... www.instructables.com




bicycle furniture

Double Bicycle Chair
By Gilbert VandenHeuvel of Ontario
www.therecycler.ca




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Recycled Bicycle Chain & Tire Chair
www.brcdesigns.com - Inman, SC





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Bicycle Chain Chandeliers
By Carolina Fontaura Alzaga
www.facaro.com



Every year an estimated 108,800,000 bicycles are produced.
www.worldometers.info

Each year 140,000,000 people are born (173 million in the late 1990s) 


 

 

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m.k.sulli
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bicycle art
Reply #28 on : Tue April 23, 2013, 10:11:02
awsome,inspirational,phenominal,happy,sad.my sister committed seuicide one week ago. Amy was an awsome beautiful loving spirit. She would have adored this site, as do i.
ArtworksTrenton
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"Unchained - The Art of the Bicycle"
Reply #27 on : Thu March 21, 2013, 13:29:43
Call for Artists - "Unchained - The Art of the Bicycle".
Calling all bicycle loving artists and artistically inclined bicyclists. Artworks, the Visual Arts Center of Trenton N.J. is kick’n up the RPM’s with a bicycle themed art exhibit celebrating Trenton Cycling Revolution’s 17th Annual Bike Tour. An exploration into the intersection of Art and Bike Culture, all media will be considered from depictions of bicycles and bike culture to objects made of bicycles. Accepted works will be on display in the Main Gallery in from May 11 – June 8, 2013. For more event/entry process information please visit artworkstrenton.org/unchained
Brenda/John Braun
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Bicycle Art
Reply #26 on : Sat March 16, 2013, 06:40:04
Love it!
Arielle Tayar
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Dog Art out of Bicycle chains
Reply #25 on : Mon February 25, 2013, 13:59:34
www.niritlevav.com - she makes sculptures of dogs out of bicycle chains!
JXTN
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artbikes
Reply #24 on : Sun February 10, 2013, 18:03:09
Hey great work! this is some awsm stuff, very inspirational! love it. Check some more fun bike action here: www.juxtonartbikes.com Í love to network with some creative likeminds so contact me about bikes ::)
Linda
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Pedalfest - Bike Festival - July 20, 2013
Reply #23 on : Wed February 06, 2013, 16:49:02
Wow! Impressive and creative! I would love to connect with anyone that would like to share their creative bike art - or collections of bike art - with 22,000+ enthusiastic attendees at Pedalfest in Oakland, CA. www.pedalfestjacklondon.com
Andy otterstrom
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More pics
Reply #22 on : Tue February 05, 2013, 17:48:48
I have made a sculpture in my front yard that incorporates evergreens and bike rims that would look great in the site. Let me know and I could send you the pic
Sue Tilley
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bike art
Reply #21 on : Sun February 03, 2013, 04:01:24
As my husbands, and son are keen cyclist and I am an artist, I have had some fun with bike components. Can I send you a picture of a bike chain dress sculpture I made to upload?
Ruth Brannan
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Bike Festival
Reply #20 on : Sun January 20, 2013, 11:37:50
Well so amazing! Trying to track out people who are bike 'creative' in UK for bike festival near Cambridge! 2013 ...you want to show some of your work off?! Get in touch!
susette
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black bike fence
Reply #19 on : Sat December 01, 2012, 14:21:24
Hi, we made the "black bike fence" that appears in this cool web site. If you are up to it, you can label it "bike fence at the Diabase Lodge".
Would you like to see more of our bicycle related stuff?
Richard G Tulloch
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Bikes as art
Reply #18 on : Sun October 28, 2012, 19:53:02
Thanks for this great post! I've referred back to it and added some of my own bike art images on my blog:
http://richardtulloch.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/the-art-of-cycling/
Jean Anne
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Awesome art
Reply #17 on : Fri October 26, 2012, 14:37:44
These designs are amazing testaments to human ingenuity and to the usefulness and versatility of the bicycle. You don't have to be a cycling enthusiast to enjoy these works of art!
mark
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bike art
Reply #16 on : Wed September 19, 2012, 18:45:18
all well done !! I do some of the same but with a unique twist. The project is truely an inspiration..........m
Anonymous
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Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #15 on : Fri August 17, 2012, 22:41:21
AWESOME IMAGINATIONS ... GREAT ART!!
han
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Fahrradi FFX
Reply #14 on : Sat July 07, 2012, 12:43:23
http://fahrradi.han-lan.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISEGDWpKAeY
Capt. Richard Barone
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inspiration green
Reply #13 on : Tue May 15, 2012, 16:21:36
Love the inspiring page, my team will see that bicycle recycling is bigger than anything you could have imagined it would be. Thank you and stay in touch, Capt. Richard Barone, Bici-Rehab of Costa Rica http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/95596?a=553389
shirley nathan
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recycled cycles.
Reply #12 on : Fri April 13, 2012, 17:29:40
wonderful. thinking. creative. useful.
Zan
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Yes
Reply #11 on : Thu March 01, 2012, 14:52:42
I just love the artistic minds that came up with these ideas.
JZ
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Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #10 on : Sat February 11, 2012, 21:36:31
These give me some ideas. Love them.
Craig Currie
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Recycled Bicycles
Reply #9 on : Tue January 31, 2012, 12:22:13
Very cool stuff. I was a little relieved at the end to learn why there might be a surplusage of bicycles when I suspect many 3rd World countries would love to have some of the bikes that are throwaways for these purposes. That said, still cool.
Except for the chair with chains as a backrest.
Tonda Yandell
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Bike Art
Reply #8 on : Fri January 27, 2012, 09:28:18
Absolutely loved it all, made me smile Thanks !
Lynne
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Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #7 on : Thu January 12, 2012, 14:50:23
This is huge fun! I smiled all the way through!
Linda
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Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #6 on : Wed January 11, 2012, 22:59:22
like!
lauren
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bikeart
Reply #5 on : Wed January 11, 2012, 10:05:32
LOVE this!!! Can we add photos - there are very cool bikes hanging on lamp posts in Roturua, (North Island) NZ. And this gives me some ideas for Longmont, CO as well . . . .
Jay's Cycle Center
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Bicycle Art
Reply #4 on : Sun January 08, 2012, 21:05:16
First time on this site. Beautiful work!
Ancaeus
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RIBs Bicycle Fence
Reply #3 on : Fri December 23, 2011, 17:38:02
Unfortunately, the RIBs bicycle fence shown above has been replaced with something ugly.
Michelle Fontaine
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Bicycle Art
Reply #2 on : Sat October 15, 2011, 21:26:37
Great photos of what is done with bicycles. Here is another spot to see bicycles recycled into art. Here is the link. http://www.bikengruvin.com
Arla K Foster
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The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Reply #1 on : Fri May 27, 2011, 13:57:14
I am a bicycle artist. Paula LaPorte and I spent two years completing the Twelve Dancing Princesses, a green interpretation of the Grimm Fairy Tale. They are currently on display in Bennington, VT but I would like to get photo's on your site. Each Princess began with a bicycle frame and grew into her own personality, using found objects, both natural and manufactured. They are kinetic sculpture and audience participation is invited. I love all the wonderful creativity and fun in the photo's on your site. TY for sharing!
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Wire sculpture inspiration. Large scale works incorporate metal waste within the wire wrapped sculptures.
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Circuit Board Art
 
Hidden from view for years, circuitry was only for function, covered with components and buried within a machine. Until artists started seeing circuitry's unique beauty.
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Weaving art with willow branches.
Alexandre Farto
 
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Recycled wood sculptures by Andries Botha, Deborah Butterfield, Heather Jansch and more...
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The fibonacci spiral is a path of least resistance.
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Mosaic inspiration inspired by nature.
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Mr. Pavlov sets up the props, the ants happily play with them.
Terraced Farms
 
Although a great deal of labor to create, many of these terraces have been in use for over a thousand years.
Arthur Rackham Illustrations
 
Hugh Comstock was very familiar with Rackham's illustrations and when his wife asked him to build her a showroom for her handmade rag dolls “Otsy-Totsys”, the first time builder looked to Arthur Rackman's illustrations and built his wife a Rackham-inspired cottage called Hansel.
 
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