I reduced my can pile by 30 cans! The aluminum can pile is noticeably smaller. I made 61 Christmas ornaments/bookmarks. I printed out the images on wax coated tracing paper and embossed/traced them onto the[…]
Tag: Eco-art
Making Boxes out of Boxes
Something I haven’t confessed on this blog until now is that I have a cardboard pile. It pretty much consists of boxes that packaged my gifts from Christmases prior. I kept all this cardboard with[…]
Baskets and Bags
I have not posted in some time. Mostly out of shame. I made a basket from magazine paper. It’s pretty pathetic. I used a plaited weave technique that I obviously have not mastered. This was[…]
225 Plastic Bags!
I made real progress eliminating my plastic bag stash. In fact with the remaining plastic bags I had, I made six balls of plarn. I figured I’d spend some time crocheting some fabulous thing out[…]
936 Soda Tabs
I maintain yet another small heap that I have not discussed on this web site until just now. I stash away the soda tabs like a squirrel stashes away acorns. I don’t mind talking about[…]
Still attacking the plastic bags
Last week, I largely left my piles untouched. I focused much of my artistic time on a collaborative journal project with seven other members of the St. Louis chapter of the Womans Caucus for Art.[…]
Master of the Trash Piles
I am so satisfied with myself this week. I have indeed reduced piles. Yeah me. First, I eliminated most of my soda bottle pile. I used the sides of every soda bottle I had, but[…]
Zero-Pile Dreams
I decided to demonstrate what I mean by piles of stuff by sharing with you a few images of a couple of my piles. First, this is my plastic two litter bottle pile. It’s really[…]
The plastic bag stash
I use to work at Schnucks. I was a checker. I was one of the people bagging your groceries. I just want to let the general public know that you don’t need three freaking plastic[…]
Office Trash Pile #1
My home is not the only place I maintain piles of rubbish. I have piles at the office as well. So far, it does not seem to concern my coworkers too much that I have[…]