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The bagging area, encouraged by fantastic textile teaching, I am using up cycled food sacks to make smarter storage. Paper is already reinforced with plastic mesh for international transportIon of bulk whole food items, so is a valuable hard wearing resource.

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Shiny digital doodles

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I think it's finished

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From beverage carton to yarn, weaving part 2

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Wonderful workshop with Harriet Popham who was teaching us some amazing collage techniques.

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Taught myself to crochet...wtf... www.woolpedia.de/English/crochet for video patterns

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Been using heat gun on plastic weaving

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When a heap of fabric scraps can look so amazing it makes you wonder if anything else needs to be done!

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Experimenting with printing with acrylic paint onto plastic sheeting using the base of a detergent bottle...looks like lipstick kisses

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This coincidentally happened to be on the window sill when I got in, might be making a Ribbon piece of work as a response to centenary of women’s vote, and wider organisation

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Not sure whether to order these seeds for sustainable Strode veg bed...12 kgs is just too much pumpkin...or am I being boring?

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I have heat sealed the ribbon inside a layer of plastic and then I am planning on machine sewing into it and layering on further, maybe with paper images, or with more figurative images sewn into.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eym10GGidQU&feature=share. Fascinating video about Japan's zero waste town. Proof, if any were needed, that 'waste' is a thing of the past!

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Experimenting with orange wool on blue plastic

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Let this be a warning, what started out as a harmless sustainability art project......