Friend: What’s this? Kate: Someone hung them from the knob of my back door yesterday. Friend: Someone left you a bunch of Yellow Book bags? Kate: Yeah. Friend: Do you not find it odd that[…]
Tag: Eco-art
Contemplating Death and Consumer Guilt
Bauxite is an aluminium ore and the world’s main source of aluminium. Many years ago while I was a guest in Guyana, locals made sure to make me aware of a bauxite mine owned by[…]
Green Holiday Craft Making
The Green Team members created upcycled holiday crafts during their last meeting of 2013. We made pointsettia ornaments from aluminium cans and Christmas trees from magazines.
The Shrine
Sometime ago, I started working on what I am currently calling ‘The Shrine’. I am viewing this body of work as a my attempt to better understand various spiritual and/or religious traditions as well as[…]
446 Beers Later
I have finally finished my beer cap basket! Bask in its awesomeness! That brings the number of unfinished projects down to 20. I feel pretty good about that. Free product placement for Schlafly!
My New Bread Basket
I would like to thank New Life, New Purpose for the inspiration to create this wonderful bread basket. Actually, she gave me more than inspiration. She gave me complete instructions! Super awesome! Normally I don’t[…]
1888 Soda Tabs and Three Make Me Crazy
At 6:30 am, I sat peacefully drinking tea and enjoying morning stillness. A pile of recently donated soda tabs dwindled before me as I added one after another to my bag. I crocheted away, satisfied[…]
Meet Vespiaggio
Vispiaggio is Melton’s latest creation. This massive sculpture consists of old Vespa and Piaggio scooter parts. A scooter seat forms the nose. Tires become eyeballs and fenders become eyelids. A display council makes an upper[…]
Mel’s Bonsai Pot Made from Plastic Bags
Yesterday as I wrote my tutorial, I also showed my husband how to make a coil basket out of plastic bags. Today he finished his bonsai pot made of plastic bags. But this was apparently[…]
Ronnoco Coffee Purse
I started making this bag back in August 2010. Every morning when I arrived at work, I would make a pot of coffee and add the wrapper that once contained the coffee to a slowly[…]