My Art | Twisted Textiles

Aluminum can tabs = belly dance “coin” belt

by Fred Campos | My Art, recycling, Wearable Art

You know?…Those thingys that you grab onto, to help you open an aluminum soda/soup can? Whatever you happen to call them in your region — pull tabs, pop tabs, soda can pulls — they can be found in abundance. Because I spent my childhood in the...

Collection of purses and totes, made from recycled plastics.

by Fred Campos | Art Themes, My Art, recycling, Wearable Art

Collection of purses and totes, made from recycled plastics. For all photos of my purses, totes, and handbags in one place, visit the Twisted Textiles Facebook page. (Now, THAT was easy, wasn’t...

A light, easy, fast costume wig.

by Fred Campos | My Art, Techniques, Wearable Art

This project came together quite fast – only somewhere around 3 leisurely hours – and it’s made entirely from fabric remnants, chosen to approximate the color of reddish and brown hair. I made it up as I went along, so I’ll do my best to...

Back into the swing of things.

by Fred Campos | My Art

After some big and exciting transitions over the past 6 months, I’m finally in a good place to create some art again. Recently I’ve had the chance to do some figure drawing, for the first time since I was in college! It feels great to draw some things...

Sneek Peek: photos by Liam Spradlin

by Fred Campos | My Art, Wearable Art

So… I have an entire folder full of photos that I’ve been holding onto for a while. (Not a literal folder, and not literally “holding” them. You know what I mean!) But I can’t help myself from sharing one of them today, because it’s...

On the horizon…

by Fred Campos | My Art, Unconventional Media, Wearable Art

I’ve just posted this photo and a few other photos to my Flickr stream, so I thought I’d share it here as well. (I’m wishing for warmer weather right now, so seeing the sun and greenery in this photo makes me happy!) The tutu is made from white...