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Holder: Daniele Carletti
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You have no idea of the donation amount? 5€ you are offering us a yummy sandwich, 10€ a plate of pasta, 25€ one night under a roof, 50€ is a set of tires for our bicycles, 100€ is the visa for Kazakhstan and 500€ is the flight from Indonesia to Australia. Well then, if you donate more, we change the plan and visit you!

Bear in mind that the 50% of the amount goes to World Bicycle Relief, and for them 20€ is a bicycle wheels set, 40€ a complete tools kit, 100€ is a bicycle ready to be delivered to a school student or a health carer.

In Istanbul we met Cemil Özçelik and we became immediately great friends. Painter, sculptor, photographer and teacher at a school for disabled students. His art is life. And if you want to keep alive our project you can now buy one of his paintings inspired by the pictures of our adventure.

Paintings

These are some of the paintings we are selling. To check them all, go to our online shop.

Recycling as a painting technique

The technique used by the artist is absolutely innovative and ecological. Each of his work his painted on photocopy shop’s waste papers. Brochure, copies, leaflet, all that was in the bin is the base of Cemil work to give it new life. Papers serve both as base and palette. By using a specific thinner the artist take colours from the papers, getting rid of the chemical colours that are not only polluting but destroy the artist brush. The artistic process starts from the base, if the paper has the right colour caracteristic, the artist uses the brush and the solvent directly on it to literally move colours and create the desired image. If the paper doesn’t have this caracteristic, it will just be the palette from which the colour is extracted.

Cemil, an artist with a big heart

Cemil Özçelik is a complete artist, he expresses his art through sculpture, painting, photography and by teaching at a school for disabled students in Istanbul. Kurdish by family and heart, after many years of struggling and hard working he has moved to Istanbul to persue is artistic passion. Passion that he injects not only into his students at school but also into many young people that every weekend visit his house to learn how to print and to express emotions through a brush. Cemil artistic skill are really astonishing, from iperrealism to abstract painting, his works are the result of a deep knowledge of the technique but above all of his innate ability to express through art.

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Cemil Özçelik

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Insieme ad uno dei suoi studenti disabili

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L'insegnante

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Foto di gruppo con noi e gli studenti

Where will the money go?

We are selling the original painting, it’s not a copy or a print but a unique piece of art inspired by the pictures of our adventure around the world. The earning will be divided among us, the artist and World Bicycle Relief. The painting will be sent from the studio in Istanbul, Turkey, and shipment cost (20 euros) is already included in the price.

Check our position on the map. If we are close to you, you could host us by contacting us. If we are close to someone you know that can host us, call them and tell them two crazy italian are coming over for a visit! !

A plate of pasta, a hot soup or a delicious roast chicken with potatoes are good for the health and the spirit, and sleeping in a real bed will keep the memory of a comfortable mattress now and then. But still, we are on an adventure! So we have our own camping stove and a pair of square meters of your house floor for our camping mattress or a corner of your garden for our tent will do the trick too. We don’t need much space, we are clean, no disturbing noises and we will thank you pubicly. Helping us is really easy!

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