But what to do with all those plastic milk bottles
February 28, 2009
Found this on Flickr and thought it was fantastic
I made this lampshade from 20 plastic 2 litre milk bottles, can you tell? All I did was wash them out, cut off the bottom and top/handle part, leaving a piece of plastic which I then flattened with an iron (protected iron with a piece of baking parchment on top of the plastic). Then cut out an identical shape from each piece as described and illustrated on the site below, and fitted them together. So all it cost me was the time to make it. I got the instructions from Instructables (goodness, I love that site!) here if you’re interested:
It’s made from 2 litre milk bottles, can you tell? So all it cost me was the time to make it. I got the instructions from this site here if you’re interested:
www.instructables.com/id/Universal-lamp-shade -polygon-bui…
Uploaded by Joey 7 on 17 Jan 09, 1.20PM PST.
Crafty plastic
November 3, 2008
Made from plastic debris washed up on Kent beaches – made by fantastic artists Stuart Haygarth – for more visit his website
Want to make one of your own? The best beaches for plastic pollution can be found here
Found out about this guy through a post that features all kinds of interesting things to do with plastic rubbish – have a look
Knitting with plastic bags
September 11, 2008
Ok maybe a whole be bop ensemble might be rather daunting but there are other things you can knit from plastic bags
Knit a new bag out of old plastic bags
Or some sandals
Or set up a cottage industry weaving plastic rubbish into joyful new “fabric”
fifties-style knitted grocery bag dress
September 11, 2008
Says maker Cathy Kasdan of Cleveland, Ohio: The dress is all hand knit from grocery bags that were the result of actual trips to the grocery store. As soon as I told people I could use their old bags for a project they brought them in by the bag full, I received thousands!
The plastic grocery bag came about in the 1950’s along with futuristic optimisim about America, so I made a “typical” 1950’s ensemble complete with pillbox hat and purse, not pictured. I am going to have my pieces in an art show on recycled art at the School of Art Gallery in downtown Kent along with a group of other people beginning April 19th.
Crafty Plastic
September 11, 2008
Dont get me wrong – plastic recycling is good but these guys are my kind of people – they dont throw plastic rubbish away as the bad people do, but they dont recycle it either. No they cut out the middle man and reuse plastic rubbish to make other wonderful and useful things
The Fusers - they fuse together sevral flimsy plastic bags together to create one strong sheet that can then be sewn into all manner of things
The knitters knit their old plastic bags up into all sorts of fantastic things
The Squirel Bafflers fool those furry bird seed stealers with this cunning foil
The junk boaters – sail round the world on a boat made from plastic bottles
In the building trade plastic bottles and candy wrappers have been used to make bricks
Urban Pond Haiku
September 5, 2008
urban pond -
the only duck
is plastic.
Haiku by Juliet Wilson
for some more well crafted words do visit her blog
The stunning / worrying photo is titled lost at sea
Originally uploaded by andytye.com
fused plastic shopping tote
August 27, 2008
plastic bags fused together using the heat of your iron can be used to make all kinds of new and exciting things.
For a great wriiten tutorial go here
http://etsylabs.blogspot.com/2007/05/long-overdue-fusing-plastic-bag.html
To see how to fuse and then make up a messanger bag, on you tube, go here
Boat made from plastic bottles
July 11, 2008
