Category Archives: Living With Less

Why not make something?

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Art for Housewives

    foto by Chiara Pilar

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, unwittingly sustainable

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Art for Housewives

To manifest their respect for the environment, many artists today use recycled materials to make art. However, there are those artists who use recycled materials simply because they can’t afford to buy ex-novo. Take, for example, many Outsider artists. And … Continue reading →

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Boro-like reparations for the studio

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Art for Housewives

This is the bottom of my Parian beach bag. Every year it’s a victim of more wear and tear so I add another patch boro style. This means the more the bag is worn, the more it will be repaired thus the more … Continue reading →

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Decluttering Decluttering Decluttering

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Decluttering blitz at my studio still going on. Eleven years ago, when I started ART FOR HOUSEWIVES, I had a kind of missionary spirit thinking I had to save a.k.a. recycle every piece of trash that came my way and especially … Continue reading →

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Decluttering Los Ojos

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Art for Housewives

Recently, the Broken Windows Theory made the rounds on Facebook. The theory claims that, to avoid crime and vandalism, an environment needs to be free of disorder. Not at all a new idea, the theory is based on the fact that a … Continue reading →

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