Next week CAN will be part of MAKE DO at Platform as part of Glasgow Climate Week and the Creative Climates Futures Easterhouse project 🌱
We’ll be bringing a mini sharing event with a whole selection of brand new art materials and creative supplies available for reuse, alongside some informal origami and paper-folding activities throughout the day.
There’s loads happening across the event including swap shops, workshops, storytelling, food, film screenings and more — all free and drop in.
📍 Platform, Easterhouse
📅 Sat 16 May
⏰ From 12pm
Come by, make something, pick up materials, and connect with the wider circular creative community ♻️
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What’s new at the CAN Reuse Hub 👀♻️
We’ve just had a fresh drop of materials — here’s what’s in right now:
• Yarn
• Paint
• Colour pigment powder (made from recycled printer cartridges — loads available via kenoteq.com)
• Mosaic tiles
• K-Briqs (95% recycled, no firing — surplus stock available)
• Clay + mould-making materials
All free to claim and ready to be put back into use.
If you’re working across sculpture, casting, or just experimenting with materials — it’s a good time to swing by.
📍 CAN Reuse Hub, Glasgow
🕒 Open Wed & Fri (see site for details)
Browse + claim at canarts.org.uk
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New materials just in on CAN + at the Reuse Hub ♻️
If you’re casting, moulding, or experimenting — there’s a strong batch of materials available right now:
• Plaster
• Alginate
• Clay (large + small bags)
• Acrylic paint
• Bagged casting materials
• A-board from @glasgowzinelib
All available to claim via the site, with selected items ready to collect from the Reuse Hub.
Good moment to pick up materials and keep them in circulation.
Browse + claim at canarts.org.uk
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@delululand_4ever are a performance duo working through a visual, absurdist language — building a maximalist trash-future charged with tactile, deranged energy. Their work is shaped by reuse at every level, letting found materials lead and transform what the work becomes.
We caught up with them after a visit to the CAN Reuse Hub to talk process, access, and making from street plastics and flattened cans to bin bags, paper waste and salvaged foam.
“what does every major city have? an abundance of trash…”
Read the full interview via the link in bio. And come visit the Hub!
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New listings on CAN right now 👀
Currently there’s a large furniture haul from @gmacfilm including:
• sofas
• small drawers
• office chairs
• large wooden storage unit
All items are available to claim through the CAN website. If you’re setting up a studio, preparing for an exhibition, or working on a new project, it’s a good moment to take a look.
♻️ Everything listed is available for reuse through the Circular Arts Network.
Browse listings or connect with the community at canarts.org.uk
#CircularArts #MaterialReuse #GlasgowArts #CircularEconomy #Reuse
👋 hi what’s new at the CAN Reuse Hub?
We’ve got lots of tempura powder, tools, spot blaster, cordless screwdrivers, and lots of different types of paper … plus a good store of paint, spray paint, ink etc
Come visit us this week, opening time and info in bio.
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📍 Introducing the CAN Reuse Hub
A new Glasgow city centre space for sharing, storing and circulating materials
The CAN Reuse Hub is a physical base for the exchange, collection and drop-off of materials listed on CAN — making it easier to connect with the network and keep resources in use.
🧰 How it works:
• Browse and claim items via canarts.org.uk
• Collect from the hub during opening hours
• Drop off usable materials for others to reuse
📍 Spectrum, Floor 1
Blythswood St, Glasgow G2 7AT
(enter via Waterloo St)
made available by @outerspaces.scotland
🕒 Opening Hours
Wednesday 2–5pm
Friday 10am–1pm
The hub is located within an Outer Spaces building — please check in at reception and respect the shared studio environment.
♻️ A simple idea: keep materials moving between projects, people and spaces.
More info - link in bio
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New listings on CAN right now 👀
Our community continues to circulate materials, furniture and equipment across the arts sector. Recent additions include:
• Galvanised tubing from @thecommonguild
• Chairs
• Desks and tables from @glasgowheritage
• Transparency masks
• Large quantities of foam
• Steel rods
• More studio and office furniture
All items are available to claim through the CAN website. If you’re setting up a studio, preparing for an exhibition, or working on a new project, it’s a good moment to take a look.
♻️ Everything listed is available for reuse through the Circular Arts Network.
Browse listings or connect with the community at canarts.org.uk
#CircularArts #MaterialReuse #GlasgowArts #CircularEconomy #Reuse
♻️ From exhibition material to living roof.
Following @solange_pessoa_ Pilgrim Fields at @glasgowtramway , a substantial volume of materials including sphagnum moss and raw sheep’s wool were listed on CAN rather than discarded.
The exhibition by Solange Pessoa already centred organic and elemental materials. Listing them for reuse extended that thinking beyond the gallery.
One of those materials, sphagnum moss, was later reused by artist @clshallcross as a green (living) roof on an outdoor storage unit.
The moss moved from sculptural context into ecological infrastructure, supporting moisture retention, biodiversity, and micro-habitats.
Exhibition → listing → reuse → environmental application.
Circular practice in action.
Photos by Keith Hunter & Claire Shallcross.
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🚨 WANTED 🚨 Materials needed for upcoming creative projects!
Some of the CAN community are currently looking for the following items for art-making and production — can you help?
🧸 OLD TEDDY BEARS + SOFT TOYS
🌱 ASTROTURF / ARTIFICIAL TURF (ANY KIND)
💿 CDs (ANY CONDITION)
🪡 VOILE / TRANSPARENT FABRIC
If you have any of these lying around, this is a great chance to keep them in circulation and support artists working across Scotland.
You can connect directly through the CAN website — whether you want to donate materials, list items, or source what you need.
♻️ Let’s keep materials moving.
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♻️ From festival to new artwork
Following @tmsomewhere (Glasgow’s festival for experimental performance), leftover production materials were listed on CAN rather than thrown away.
One listing — 50kg of ceramic sand — later found a second life in Plummet, a sound and visual installation by @pooledotcenter , @mattyrimmmer , and @_slyn___ at @exitglasgow .
The sand was repackaged as weighted bags for sonified tanks, becoming part of a completely new work.
Festival → listing → reuse → recontextualisation.
This is what circular practice can look like in action.
Photo 1 by @ruthesmemitchell
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New listings live on CAN ✨
A fresh batch of studio and production furniture is now available — with items coming from @tmsomewhere , @ntsonline , and @museums.galleries.scotland . It’s great to see major cultural organisations actively circulating materials and embedding reuse into how work is produced and de-installed.
Currently available:
– Metal studio table
– Metal coat stand
– Red fabric armchair
– Large roll of denim-type fabric
All items are free and available for collection in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
If you’re setting up a studio, preparing a project, or just need solid, practical furniture — this is a good moment to jump in.
Browse listings via the link in bio.
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