What's up fellow Steemians! Today I'm going to show you a DIY home studio in the old district in Havana, Cuba. Seemingly useless stuff like old newspapers and wires were upcycled into cool figures here. Before that, I would first introduce the concept and benefits of "upcycle", and recall some upcycling examples from my previous posts.
Upcycling is a trendy way that contributes to sustainability. It also boasts some benefits comparing to recycling. Conventional recycling methods couldn't deal with certain materials, while upcycling reuse items made of most materials, and very little part is discarded in this process.
Another major benefit is it's more energy efficient than recycling. Recycling often breaks down the original material using more energy to make something else. Instead, upcycling usually utilizes a used object in an innovative way without reprocessing the material it's made from.
For example, we can repurpose books, logs, cupboards, feathers, glass bottles, coke cans, mixed media, etc., to find value in old objects. In my previous posts, I mentioned some examples, such as what you see in my photos below:
最近这些年，低碳生活逐渐成为人们所倡导和践行的环保理念，很多人开始在日常生活中试着为环境保护贡献一点自己的力量。英语里传过来的一个词 "upcycle" 变得越来越流行，势头盖过原有的热词"recycle" (循环利用)。"upcycle" 意思是“升级改造”，指用创新的方式将一些废弃旧物进行改造，让其发挥新的功效。
和循环利用(recycling)将原材料完全拆解再制成别的东西相比，升级改造(upcycling) 不对原材料进行再处理，而是换个方式利用它们。除了节约能源，升级改造的另一个好处就是能够让那些传统循环方式无法回收处理的物品再次被利用。
我在之前的文章里也提到了不少这样的例子，比如下图中智利首都圣地亚哥一些利用旧材料做成的圣诞树、奇洛埃岛上一家旅馆用旧窗户当作茶几使用、美国新奥尔良艺术夜市上由易拉罐做成的鱼形装饰和废弃酒瓶压制而成的砧板/盛器等。
The 5 Christmas tree photos below were shot in Plaza de Armas(the central square) in Santiago de Chile, most of them were made of used objects like shoes and rag dolls:
I love how they upcycled the old window to a table in this hostel on the island of Chiloe:
The two pictures below were taken at a night art market in New Orleans, USA:
Now please follow me to a DIY home studio in Havana, Cuba. Let's check out how the owner turned the used objects like newspapers and wires into some fun figures.
废旧的报纸、灯管、铁丝等物品看似无用，到了有心人手中，却可以再次焕发生机。下面就请你跟随我的脚步，来古巴首都哈瓦那的一家创意家庭工作室，看看这里的主人是怎么变废为宝的。
门口的街上是主人制作模胚的地方：
下面的照片是客厅里的工作台，可以看到形态各异的狗，都是旧报纸糊在骨架上的。左边这只母的还戴着椰壳胸衣，真是热带风情满满啊~ ：
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电视机上方那两条狗骑着的可能是条鲨鱼吧：
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下面这只利用废旧报纸、铁丝、灯管、纱线做出来的小鹿是不是很唯妙唯肖呢：
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工作室的主人在教可爱的小女儿创作。幸运的小姑娘，从小就受到艺术熏陶：
最后来张家庭工作室后门街上的我，感谢某路人甲为我留影一张 :)。典型的拉美风格老街，随处可见色彩浓烈的涂鸦：这跟“升级改造”有神马关系？抱歉我也不知道，但是貌似很多朋友喜欢看作者的照片，可能会增加可信度？我是个真人，真的去这个家庭工作室参观过并拍下了所有照片，哈哈哈
好了，今天的分享就到这里，你有没有受到启发呢？注意到周围有什么可以升级改造的废旧物品了吗？欢迎留言分享你的看法！下次见喽~
文字照片均为本人原创
差点忘了提，大才女@dancingapple的环保征文和大才子@aaronli的“城事影像”都是超棒的活动，我这篇文章也是受到这两个活动的启发。大家给我点完赞留完言后，赶紧去他们的页面继续流连一下~ :D
So that's it for today. Have you been inspired? Did you notice anything upcyclable around you? Feel free to share your comments. Until next time! =)
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