Bicycle Reuse Inspiration





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






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






Bicycle Fence
Pic: www.ibikecolumbia.blogspot.com






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





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






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






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






Bicycle Gate
Pic: www.funfunpics.blogspot.com






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






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






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






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






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






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






Bicycle Gate  My favorite!

www.funfunpics.blogspot.com






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






Black Bicycle Fence
www.funfunpics.blogspot.com






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






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






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





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





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






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






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






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






Ivy League Bikers
www.flickr.com






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






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





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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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
Posts: 28

bicycle art
Reply #28 on : Tue April 23, 2013, 10:11:02

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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
Posts: 28

"Unchained - The Art of the Bicycle"
Reply #27 on : Thu March 21, 2013, 13:29:43

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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
Posts: 28

Bicycle Art
Reply #26 on : Sat March 16, 2013, 06:40:04

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Love it!

Arielle Tayar
Posts: 28

Dog Art out of Bicycle chains
Reply #25 on : Mon February 25, 2013, 13:59:34

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www.niritlevav.com - she makes sculptures of dogs out of bicycle chains!

JXTN
Posts: 28

artbikes
Reply #24 on : Sun February 10, 2013, 18:03:09

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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
Posts: 28

Pedalfest - Bike Festival - July 20, 2013
Reply #23 on : Wed February 06, 2013, 16:49:02

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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
Posts: 28

More pics
Reply #22 on : Tue February 05, 2013, 17:48:48

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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
Posts: 28

bike art
Reply #21 on : Sun February 03, 2013, 04:01:24

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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
Posts: 28

Bike Festival
Reply #20 on : Sun January 20, 2013, 11:37:50

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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
Posts: 28

black bike fence
Reply #19 on : Sat December 01, 2012, 14:21:24

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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
Posts: 28

Bikes as art
Reply #18 on : Sun October 28, 2012, 19:53:02

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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
Posts: 28

Awesome art
Reply #17 on : Fri October 26, 2012, 14:37:44

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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
Posts: 28

bike art
Reply #16 on : Wed September 19, 2012, 18:45:18

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all well done !! I do some of the same but with a unique twist. The project is truely an inspiration..........m

Anonymous
Posts: 28

Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #15 on : Fri August 17, 2012, 22:41:21

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AWESOME IMAGINATIONS ... GREAT ART!!

han
Posts: 28

Fahrradi FFX
Reply #14 on : Sat July 07, 2012, 12:43:23

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http://fahrradi.han-lan.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISEGDWpKAeY

Capt. Richard Barone
Posts: 28

inspiration green
Reply #13 on : Tue May 15, 2012, 16:21:36

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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
Posts: 28

recycled cycles.
Reply #12 on : Fri April 13, 2012, 17:29:40

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wonderful. thinking. creative. useful.

Zan
Posts: 28

Yes
Reply #11 on : Thu March 01, 2012, 14:52:42

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I just love the artistic minds that came up with these ideas.

JZ
Posts: 28

Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #10 on : Sat February 11, 2012, 21:36:31

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These give me some ideas. Love them.

Craig Currie
Posts: 28

Recycled Bicycles
Reply #9 on : Tue January 31, 2012, 12:22:13

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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
Posts: 28

Bike Art
Reply #8 on : Fri January 27, 2012, 09:28:18

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Absolutely loved it all, made me smile Thanks !

Lynne
Posts: 28

Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #7 on : Thu January 12, 2012, 14:50:23

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This is huge fun! I smiled all the way through!

Linda
Posts: 28

Re: Bicycle Art
Reply #6 on : Wed January 11, 2012, 22:59:22

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like!

lauren
Posts: 28

bikeart
Reply #5 on : Wed January 11, 2012, 10:05:32

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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
Posts: 28

Bicycle Art
Reply #4 on : Sun January 08, 2012, 21:05:16

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First time on this site. Beautiful work!

Ancaeus
Posts: 28

RIBs Bicycle Fence
Reply #3 on : Fri December 23, 2011, 17:38:02

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Unfortunately, the RIBs bicycle fence shown above has been replaced with something ugly.

Michelle Fontaine
Posts: 28

Bicycle Art
Reply #2 on : Sat October 15, 2011, 21:26:37

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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
Posts: 28

The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Reply #1 on : Fri May 27, 2011, 13:57:14

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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!