Sunday 13 January 2013

Precious Waste

"Precious Waste: Plastic Shopping Bags". Photo. <http://inhabitat.com/>
In last weeks unusual fibres lecture, Ros touched on Michelle Baggerman's 'Precious Waste' project. Baggerman believes that the lifetime of a plastic bag should be much longer than it currently is. To address both this and the issue of recycling she has spun plastic bags in to yarn which when woven will create a stronger, longer lasting plastic material.

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