This week I knitted the final stitches, cast off, ironed and created two recycled lace lampshades using recycled plastic bags. About thirty bags were recycled and you can see the different hues of greens and greys in the image above. The heat process seems to intensify the colours in the plastic. In keeping with the recycled ethos the lamp bases were found in second hand stores around town.
The shades were commissioned by an avid collector of objects made from recycled bits'n'pieces and when I delivered them I was shown her extraordinary collection: bags made from woven recycled paper, old chip wrappers and the pull tops from aluminium cans.
Its amazing the clever and beautiful things people can make from rubbish!
Lovely work, Kate.
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