Supporting Education
The TWO BIT CIRCUS foundation (formerly known as Trash for Teachers) enables us to support education in the Los Angeles Unified School District while at the same time keeping material...
Art and Upcycling
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Grids, Patterns, Structures and Networks
Artist Lesley Kice Nishigawara In this piece, Lesley made both stairs with donations from Berkeley Ergonomics using wood pieces. The grey stairs are padded with the remnants of our soft...
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Sustainable Artist
Art according to Madeline Arnault Madeline is a graduate student in Claremont and we are fortunate enough to have her come by our factory to grab discard items to use...
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Upcycled for Animal Shelter Donations
One kind recipient of our Berkeley Ergonomics remnant discards is Cheryl, who manages to put tremendous effort into helping cats and dogs at the animal shelter. Cheryl takes our discarded quilted...
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Stuffed Animals
What could you do with all those wool discards? Bonnie is a purveyor of up-cycling and promotes her ideas through Berkeley Ergonomics wool discards. Her passion is evident because she...
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Needlepunch Art by Una
Una Walker: fiber artist In this picture Una has collected discards of Berkeley Ergonomics organic cotton, cut it into strips, dyed it, then needle punched it into this fabulous 15"...
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Imagine...
Fabulous Sculpture by artist Danielle Giudici Wallis The small piece with the glass dome is called "specimen" and the larger piece is untitled as it's a study for doing something...
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Upcycling at the Craft & Folk Art Museum Los Angeles
MiMi Haddon Fiber artist Mimi Haddon leads a soft- sculpture workshop using re-used and recycled fiber-based materials such as wool donated by Berkeley Ergonomics. They experiment with foam, thread, and...
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Fiber Artist and Photographer - Mimi Haddon
Mimi Haddon is a fiber artist and photographer who uses vibrant color as her main medium. She can often be seen around town creating temporary colorful soft sculptures that respond...
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Creative Imagination at the Muckenthaler
The Muck is a cultural center housed in a historic 1920's mansion in the heart of Fullerton. The center hosts exhibitions, performances, and educational programs. Visit: www.TheMuck.org The mission of...
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Upcycling for the Fiber Artist
Hanna Adler left her life as a veterinarian in native Finland to our doorsteps in Southern California. She is a wonderful water colorist who has a new passion for felting....
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Upcycling to Play Pads
The talented Laura has used remnants of our quilted panels of wool, organic cotton, and camel to create a wonderful pad for the grand-babies. The adorable Chiara and Thanos will...
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Upcycling into Furniture
Today we'd like to share with you an inspired piece of furniture created and built by Jessica Solis made with used pallets (bottom part) from our warehouse. It is amazing...
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