Billy Blaise Dufala came into the re looking for the right reclaimed materials to use in his public art project, Funeral for a Home. He left with bags of fake ivy salvaged from a major motion picture that was shot in Philly. Billy knew he could find the what he was looking for at our store because he is also a co-founder of RAIR, a recycled artist in residency program located at our recycling partner’s Revolution Recovery.

Funeral for a Home was a public art ceremony thought up by Artists and Brothers Billy and Steven Dufala to commemorate the demolition of house 3711 Melon Street on Saturday May 31st.

From the Funeral for a Home Website:

Funeral for a Home commemorates the slow decline and gradual rebirth of Philadelphia’s housing stock and the lives these homes contain. This year in collaboration with local residents, Mount Vernon Manor, Inc., Mantua Civic Association, People’s Emergency Center, artists and historians, Temple Contemporary will share the life and passing of a single home in the Mantua community.

Billy and Steven used our reclaimed Ivy to make a huge wreath to adorn the top of the house before it was demolished.  The beautiful pictures below were provided by Al Jazeera. You can see more of their photos from the event here.