This week’s product, the Bicicleta Rug may not be entirely green for the Pacific Northwest, but we find it inspirational and entertaining.

“Made entirely from recycled bicycle inner-tubes, the Bicicleta is a soft carpet with a shag of wide black loops. Each rug is made using 130/140 bicycle inner tubes, collected and processed in India. The hand loomed system uses a manually actuated loom. Designed by Nani Marquina and Ariadna Miquel, it was inspired by a trip to India, where bicycling is the primary means of transportation. The Bicicleta also furthers the company’s mission of using alternative, environmentally friendly materials to create new textures for their carpets.”

Portraits of Ice: Witnessing Climate Change - On January 17, 2008 from 7:00-8:30pm
IslandWood welcomes Expeditionary Artist Maria Coryell-Martin who will present her work painting polar and glaciated regions including Antarctica, Greenland, and our own North Cascades. Through her pictures and recounting of the history of traveling artists, Maria will share how art enhances science as a means to observe and understand our changing environment.

To register for the event, go to the IslandWood website or call 206.855.4300.

All Roads Fil Project: New Voices, First Stories - February 15 - 17, 2008
IslandWood is pleased to announce the return of National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project to the campus for a three-day festival that includes notable speakers and a community dinner. All Roads films tell the contemporary stories of indigenous and under-represented minority cultures in four programming strands: “Women Hold Up Half the Sky,” featuring women filmmakers; “Ancestors, Elders, and Land,” highlighting native people and their land; “Under the Same Sun,” looking at the struggle of dual cultural identities; and “Shorts from Around the World,” showcasing films from a wide array of global cultures.

To register for this event visit the IslandWood website.

Dinner in the Woods - May 3, 2008
Announcing IslandWood’s fifth annual Dinner in the Woods. Come experience friends, fun, and frivolity in the forest – for the evening or for an overnight weekend!

For more information please email Wendy at IslandWood.

Check out these two articles:

Green Specimens in Metropolis Magazine, a great look at IslandWood and Urban Oasis in Seattle Homes & Lifestyle Magazine looks at some of our residential work in Seattle.