stitching: Zurciendo calcetines, sewing socks----Stitch until it hurts.----embroidered text messages , in keeping with my love of keeping diaries, i have decided to stitch text messages i receive.------
Los primeros pantalones vaqueros no hicieron aparición hasta mitad del siglo pasado pero el tejido con el que se fabrican llevaba en circulación desde mucho antes. -----
lamps made from cans-----“Untitled Sponge Painting” #1,----George Stoll handcrafts items that are normally mass factory produced to create viewer-challenging installations whereby highly realistic objects are abstracted beyond their “domestic function.” Included are sponges, toilet paper, and paper towels. In creating these works, he is focused on the relationship between consumer culture and high art. -----
It's time to [re]design design... What is design for? It is widely accepted that we have no more than 10 years to turn around our unsustainable ways of living. In this state of emergency, what role can design play in creating positive solutions and true quality of life?---reCALL, design della memoria----
Feeling Out Of Shape and Unattractive? Then check out this video!
Faces in Places, A photographic collection of faces found in everyday places.---
At a Washington DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007, he played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later:
the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the till and, without stopping, continued to walk.
6 minutes:
A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes:
A 3 year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly, as the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced them to move on.
45 minutes:
The musician played. Only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace.
He collected $32.
1 hour:
He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station, organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities. The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ....
The BeadforLife website, which is very comprehensive with videos and many helpful links, says: BeadforLife eradicates extreme poverty by creating bridges of understanding between impoverished Africans and concerned world citizens. via REDONDOWRITER'S SACRED ORDINARY
MILK CARTON COIN PURSE, It's great to reuse milk/juice cartons - I have tons of them under my couch just waiting to be converted into a cute coin purse. I always get stopped when I pay for things because people think it's so cute!
4 years old Oscar creates a money wallet from a recycled Moja Kravica tetra pak milk carton
More than 510,000 tons of milk and juice cartons are generated every year in the United States, but sadly, less than .05% ever get recycled according to an EPA report of (MSW) Municipal Solid Waste). That’s what got us thinking and how Milkmuny.com was created.----
turning a milk carton into a jewelry keeper----Milk Carton Wallet: Snow day fun!----Orange Juice Carton Wallet-----It's a wallet made from a Dole fruit juice carton.-----milk carton wallet ----milk and money---Juice Carton Wallet----I wanted to upload this selfmade little thingy (used to be a milk carton) for the letter W. thinking of W is for Wallet. -----these lovely wallets are made from upcycled milk/juice cartons :) ---the material is great because you can sew right into it using a machine. so in theory you could make anything using juice carton material! -----
Woven recycled magazine pages ----Handspun Recycled Newspaper Yarn TUTORIAL ----Yarn from old newspapers by Greetje van Tiem-----In old days, people used to make paper from MITSUMATA, KOUZO or LINEN, and then slit it into thin tape yarn and finally twist it into yarn. It was called SHOHSENSHI-----Paper yarns have been used in Finland, Sweden and Japan to make textiles, clothing fabrics, placemats, rugs and other decorative items. Once paper yarn has been woven, it retains its strength and can be cleaned by wiping with a damp cloth-----
After fusing you bags you cut them into thick strips, roll them and weave into flat panels that are then woven together. 
Weave bag by Aileen Marriott
The Charkha spinning wheels....Using a wheel called a Charkha, FFC girls and women spin thread from damaged cocoons into a knubbly silk thread. 
suzanne tick's woven bags
