Eco Trash Couture
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Up-cycled Fashion and Art Workshops
Nancy Judd provides unique and fun workshops that combine art, fashion and eco-consciousness. She creates community-building opportunities for you to engage your audience. Ms. Judd offers numerous kinds of workshops to fit the various needs and budgets of any organization.
On-line Classes and Workshops
Nancy provides virtual classes and workshops for adults (in businesses, non-profits or government agencies looking for team and morale building, creative inspiration and health and wellness experiences for their employees) and children of all ages.
Nature Art (AKA Nature Doodling)
Upcycled Art Workshops
Ms. Judd can lead participants in creating beautiful and fun objects from local waste materials that they can take home. Workshops are available in person and virtually! Project examples include:
 Candle holders made from recycled jars and magazines |
 Gift box made from old calendars |
 Up-cycled Accessories |
Up-cycled Fashion Workshops
Nancy has assisted groups around the country in designing and creating their own up-cycled fashions for over 15 years! Project examples include:
 Students in the Textile and Apparel Design Program at the University of Wisconsin in Madison |
 T-shirt Transformation workshop in Champaign, Illinois |
Recycle Runway Fashion Workshops
Nancy can create, with the help of your customers, a new Recycle Runway garment for your organization that is made from your waste materials. This is a memorable and engaging way to attract public and media attention to any kind of event. Nancy can design and create “life-size” garments, or “miniatures” depending upon your project and budget. Below are examples of three Recycle Runway Fashion Workshops.
 Eco-Flamenco, made by 5,000 people in Grand Rapids, Michigan |
 Tire-less Couture, created at the University Mall in Chapel Hill, NC |
 Jellyfish Dress, created in Lincoln City, OR |
Praise for Nancy’s Workshops:
“Thanks so much for the workshop!! It was really inspirational….not only as a push for recycling but as an artist. Great to see a fellow artist have success in the art world with something she feels passionate about. You really are an inspiration!!! Good luck to you in the future and I can’t wait to see what you come up with next!!!”
Patti Jordan
Nancy can work with you to plan the workshop to meet your specific goals. Contact her at 505-577-9712 or Nancy@RecycleRunway.com to learn more!
Creative Eco-Events
Creating Tire-less Couture in Chapel Hill, NC
Nancy Judd provides unique and memorable experiences for businesses, non-profit organizations and even small groups of individuals!
Combining art, fashion and eco-consciousness, she creates opportunities for you to engage your “participants” at special occasions, conferences, conventions, meetings, trade shows, team building exercises, retail locations, commemorative events and in educational campaigns with:
- Interactive, community-based up-cycled art and fashion workshops
- Inspiring speeches on numerous topics
- Site-specific Recycle Runway garments that can be created with the public
At a time when people are increasingly shopping, socializing and learning on-line Nancy creates compelling experiences that bring us together in a meaningful context.
“I was so positively impressed by your ability to relate so well to a wide variety of participants. You seemed calm and non-pressured and accepting of who showed up and how we accomplished what you needed. You gave so many options to stop and reroute if we needed to. I was amazed by your people skills! I thank you for the opportunity to be a part of the workshop.”
Jody Cassell, Chapel Hill, NC
Nancy can work with you to create the perfect event to meet your specific goals. Contact her at 505-577-9712 or Nancy@RecycleRunway.com to learn more!
Eco-Flamenco was created with 5,000 people in Grand Rapids, MI.
Exhibitions
Nancy Judd has been exhibiting the Recycle Runway Collection in high traffic public locations around the United States for many years.
Exhibitions
- Fort Collins Museum of Art in Fort Collins, CO, 2017 – solo exhibition
- Farmington Museum in Farmington NM, 2016/2017 – solo exhibition
- Artesia Historical Museum/Art Center in Artesia, NM, 2016 – solo exhibition
- Santa Fe Community College in Santa Fe, NM – permanent collection
- Stamford Museum in Stamford, CT – Fall 2015 – solo exhibition
- Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, WI – Spring 2014 – solo exhibition
- Reading Public Museum in Reading, PA, 2013 – solo exhibition
- Bascom Visual Arts Center in Highlands, NC, 2013 – solo exhibition
- Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts in Melbourne, FL , 2013 – solo exhibition
- New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, NM, 2012 – part of juried show
- New Mexico Arts in Santa Fe, NM, 2012 – solo installation
- Millicent Rodgers Museum in Taos, NM, 2012 – part of juried show
- Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, MI, 2011 – part of juried show
- Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture – permanent collection
Airport Exhibitions
The Recycle Runway collection has appeared in four international airports reaching millions of international travelers with Nancy’s message of environmental conservation.
- 2nd Exhibition, Atlanta International Airport, Fall 2019
- Atlanta International Airport, 2011-2012
- Phoenix International Airport, 2010
- Pittsburgh International Airport, 2008-2009
- Albuquerque International Airport, 2007-2008
Installations
Nancy has also created site-specific installations using trash. Consumption was funded by New Mexico Arts, explores many aspects of the concept of waste.
Praise for Nancy’s exhibitions:
“The exhibition was imaginative and fun! Beautifully designed and executed, Nancy Judd’s artwork delightfully engaged Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport‘s traveling public and employees. Her innovative exhibition creatively used the art of fashion to cleverly convey messages to promote sustainability and recycling. Highly popular, the exhibition generated wide media interest, both local and national, and will be remembered for years to come. “Art works” to make a difference, and Nancy’s certainly does!”
Lennée Eller
Phoenix Airport Museum
It’s fun to see such innovation – in artistic expression and message – amidst the trappings of State bureaucracy. Everyone who sees it is intrigued. The Jellyfish Dress also honors women in interesting ways, which pop out in a public art piece. I like the subversive ways it turns people on to creativity. Bravo!
Carol Cooper
New Mexico Arts
About Nancy Judd
Nancy Judd
Nancy Judd is an artist, environmental advocate, and teaching artist. For over twenty years she has been creating sculptures from discarded materials and using them to talk about how we live on the planet. Nancy installs her traveling solo exhibitions in high traffic locations such as museums and airports.
Nancy also creates site-specific public art, often in community workshops. In Lincoln City, on the Oregon coast, she was asked to create the Jellyfish Dress, a garment using plastic bags that brought attention to marine conservation issues. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, she used inner tube tires in Tire-less Couture to showcase the City’s commitment to encourage citizens to drive less and use the new bicycle paths.
Nancy giving a TEDx talk wearing the Caution Tape Dress
Nancy uses her sculptures to capture people’s attention and inspire actions in their lives to help care for the planet. She accomplishes this through giving engaging speeches and providing creative eco-events for adults and children in conjunction with her exhibitions, public art commissions and sculpture sponsorships.
Nancy started Recycled Runway while working as the Recycling Coordinator for the City of Santa Fe and then as the Executive Director of the New Mexico Recycling Coalition. In 1998 Nancy co-founded the Recycle Santa Fe Art Market & Fashion Contest, a popular arts event in the international arts destination of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Drawing upon her life-long experience as an artist, she began to create up-cycled fashions to promote this event. This led to the formation of the Recycle Runway Collection which has been exhibited internationally, and received worldwide media attention, including an article on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.
Contact Nancy at Nancy@RecycleRunway.com or 505-577-9712
505-577-9712
Plastic Bathing Beauty
No. 2 plastic detergent bottles create a wash of color!
The plastic from various colored detergent bottles was cut into circles and punched with two holes. Each piece was hand-sewn onto a vintage 1950s bathing suit and second-hand umbrella. This eco-friendly beachwear required 150 hours to create. Created in 2004.
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Recycle plastic at home and at work, visit Earth911.com to find a recycling center in your community.
Recycling #2 HDPE plastic consumes significantly less energy, generates considerably fewer greenhouse gases, and and produces less solid waste than does the production of virgin resins. Plastic is most commonly recycled into: carpet and clothing, new containers, plastic pipe, and plastic lumber (decks, benches, picnic tables).
Try to reduce the amount of plastic you purchase and reuse what you can!
Source: Environmental Projection Agency
Change Couture Collection
This collection of garments fashioned out of discarded campaign materials, is made up of three garments: the Obamanos Coat, the Obama Cocktail Dress and the Voter Swing Coat. The Collection is a celebration of the millions of people who worked countless hours to assure the election of Barack Obama as the President of the United States.
Nancy Judd of Recycle Runway was a devoted volunteer in the Obama/Biden Campaign in Santa Fe. She organized hundreds of people in her neighborhood and inspired friends and relatives across the country to volunteer. This collection is a documentation of her experience being part of this exciting campaign.
The day after the election Ms. Judd went “dumpster diving” behind Obama Campaign headquarters in northern New Mexico. She filled her car with historic campaign materials that she transformed into elegant garments with the help of over 25 dedicated volunteers in two months!
Ms. Judd brought the Collection to the 2009 presidential inauguration in Washington D.C., showcasing it at the The Green Inaugural Ball, the reception to honor the New Mexico Congressional Delegation, and the New Mexico Inaugural Ball.
The Obamanos Coat has been accepted into the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture!
Nancy Judd Wall Street Journal Article
International Media Coverage for the Change Couture Collection
Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2009
Metro Paris, November 2009
Metro Santiago, November 2009
Metro Mexico City, November 2009
Metro New York, November 2009
Albuquerque Journal Video, Jan 9, 2009
Planet Green, January 20, 2009
Tree Hugger, January 19, 2009
トップ > ライフ・カルチャー > ライフ, January 19, 2009
Agence France-Presse (AFP), January 19, 2009
YahooNews.com, January 19, 2009
Kuwait Times, January 19, 2009
Las Vegas Sun, January 18, 2009
Media Fax Photo, January 18, 2009
Forbes.Com, January 18, 2009
Fox New.com, January 18, 2009
Santa Fe New Mexican, January 4, 2009
KSFR Radio, December 30, 2008
New Mexico Business Weekly, December 23, 2008
Channel 4, KTOA, December 23, 2008
Recycled Cowgirl
Outdated phone books created this little number!
Pages from old phone books were woven together to make the western style skirt and vest. The look continues with the pages applied to the used cowgirl hat and vintage “pee-wee” cowgirl boots. Used CDs create the silver accents on the outfit. This rough and ready suit required 125 hours to create. Created in 2002.
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Phones books are made of 90% recycled paper, they can be recycled again and again, into new directories, roofing surfaces, insulation materials, grocery bags, paper towels, molded packing, compost and kitty litter. Check your local phone book for recycling information (usually in the front or back), or call your local Solid Waste Department.
Source: earth911.com
Public artist and environmental advocate Nancy Judd creates couture fashion sculptures made from trash. Nancy uses her engaging sculptures to stimulate conversation, action and education about how we live on the planet.
Alterations: Tailored Solutions to Climate Change. A traveling solo exhibition.
Nancy is internationally known for the following accomplishments:
- Included in the Smithsonian Museum’s permanent collection
- Traveling solo exhibitions of her sculptures to museums around the US
- Speaker at two TEDx events
- Featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal
- Site-specific public art commissions
- Commissions by Delta Air Lines, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Target and more
- Hands-on eco-events and workshops
- International media coverage
See the “making of Pacifica” sponsored by The Nature Conservancy.
Learn about the mission behind Ms. Judd’s work in her TEDx talks!
TEDxABQ, 2011
Voter Swing Coat
Leftover voter registration posters get the vote for this suit!
The coat is made from voter registration posters cut into half inch wide strips and woven together. This “paper fabric” was adhered to canvas remnants and the finished coat pieces were hand-sewn together. The collar, outer sleeves and bottom edge of the coat are accented with “lace” which was cut and punched from recycled matching voter registration reminder cards. This coat was made with the help of 10 volunteers in 200 hours. Created in 2009.
Change Couture Collection at the Green Inaugural Ball
The Voter Swing Coat is part of the Change Couture Collection which was showcased at numerous inaugural balls in Washington D.C. in 2009 for the presidential inauguration of Barack Obama.
Phoenix New Times
Waste Deep: Trashy fashions on display at Sky Harbor
By Wynter Holden
March 11, 2010
It’s amazing what we can do with garbage. Roads are paved with rubber from discarded tires. Boutiques sell purses crafted from gum wrappers. Even this year’s Olympic medals were partially made from electronic waste. Amazing.
Check out clothing made entirely from trash in the free public exhibit “Recycle Runway: Reclaimed Fashions” by Nancy Judd, which continues daily through August 8.
“Making trash into elegant and beautiful fashions attracts attention to the actions that we can each take in our everyday lives to care for the planet,” says Judd. Works on display include a soda-can dress commissioned by Coca-Cola, a recycled glass-bead evening gown, and an outfit made of Toyota parts. (Judd could probably make a boatload of cash selling the Toyota deal to angry Prius owners.)
