Artist Research

Inspired by Pop Artists and recently by Trash Artists, ReCycle by Ossy does its share to bring public awareness to environmental issues through design and art using a self-developed bottle cap weaving technique. Local restaurants collect and supply the studio with otherwise non-recyclable bottle caps on a weekly basis that are then transformed into pixel art icons and portraits. Starting with a 288-bottlecap UK flag, ReCycle by Ossy has grown to develop larger projects including a 1600-bottlecap portrait of US President Barack Obama and a 5000-bottlecap portrait of Neo from The Matrix.

Looking at ollys pieces of work i feel that he has used great creativity. Using pieces of recyclable material and transforming them into such an amazing pieces of work is certainly a great way to grab attention as its different and stands out. If i was to use this idea i would place bottle caps into the shape of a to grab attention and make them look close to see what it is made out of. Hopefully they could try it them self also.