A person with short dark hair, wearing a sleeveless black top, sits on a concrete bench inside a modern room with a wooden floor. The bench has a small patch of green moss. The background features a textured wall with circular patterns.

GIVING PAPER A WHOLE NEW PURPOSE

Distinctly designed and hand-crafted, we transform recycled materials

About Artisan Elements

In 2012, the concept of Artisan Elements (Formerly Art Inspired) began to take shape, build business relationships, and create jobs to decrease dependence on government funding. Started by Abilities First as a program to recycle the organization’s paper waste into greeting cards and small home collection items, Artisan Elements evolved into a new business enterprise – designing apprenticeship programs, hiring, and training an inclusive workforce, developing a proprietary new medium (Natural ArtisanStone™) from recycled paper, concrete and commercial additives… click here for more about Artisan Elements.