Trashy Logo
quoted from prAna.
A couple years ago, we ran into climber and artist Jeremy Collins, on his hands and knees in Vail, Co. building a monstrous sculpture out of a huge pile of outdoor sports equipment he picked up at the Denver landfill. (yes, we said “landfill”).
We were familiar with his work, but had never seen him working live, let alone in 3D!
We asked him to take on a special project, building our prAna logo out of similar found objects. He took a few measurements, sent some teaser images, then showed up at our offices in north San Diego, sunny California with a single suitcase.
From it he pulled a few simple tools, and installed the sculpture of our logo that hangs in our entryway. Connected with various screws, welded points and beneath folds of metal are random pieces of climbing protection:
- a cam
- carabiner
- nut
- re-purposed road signs
- two skateboards
- and various refuse found at climbing crags and in landfill transfer stations in the Denver area
One man’s trash is another man’s… priceless logo artwork.
Jer,
I linked over and saw the Prana entry on their blog – that is so cool!
Were you ever able to hook up with the rope recycling folks – need any help there?
Do you have any art recycling projects that you are working on currently where you need some help recycling old art stuff?
All the best,
Jason
J-
nah, I am pretty good with old ropes right now… but I always need new colors.
I’ll keep you in mind as I am gearing up for some recycled projects soon.