How Family & Friends Support My Trashmagination Vision
Every day is Valentine’s Day when people help with Trashmagination. Find ways you could support the visions of the people you love.
Every day is Valentine’s Day when people help with Trashmagination. Find ways you could support the visions of the people you love.
Creatively reuse your old printed maps into Valentines with the inspiring message of “Follow Your Heart” or make business cards for your local business from maps.
If you are interested in trying out creative reuse, but you are not sure what material to collect, wine corks are a great place to start.
These goal setting projects involve making something, which should appeal to all of you who love to make things.
Do you have a box of old trophies that are gathering dust? Find places to send them or crafts to make with them.
This traditional Japanese decoration is made around the new year for good luck.
Three key values of Trashmagination that were reinforced by my recent work weaving plastic bags on my floor loom into gorgeous colorful mats
Taking the time to remember a great year on my birthday
Rugs I have hooked from recycled yarn, wool, t-shirts and other fibers as gifts to family and friends
Counting macro-invertebrates during stream monitoring was a great way to see our local area in a new micro-way.
My mom made an incredible weaving of a birch tree forest near where she was born in Gander, Newfoundland.
These Instagram feeds are providing a lot of creative energy to me these days for rug hooking, weaving, quilting, embroidery, drawing and interesting craft business models.
This incredible exhibit of 17 sea creatures made from beach trash is one of the most impressive creative reuse endeavors I have ever viewed.
We designed a Cub Scout wearing the Webelos uniform as a craft for our den.
I experiment with making small tapestries from recycled t-shirt yarn and other yarns.
Wood carving artist Isaiah Fraser is my brother-in-law and we love creative reuse of wood scraps!
Colorful laundry caps inspire a craft that helps build fine-motor skills for little ones.
At the Obon festival at Ekoji Buddhist Temple, people can use a stamp to decorate a tenugui, or cloth hand towel, and then dance with it at the community dance.
To help celebrate Obon, a Buddhist summer festival, I designed crafts from recycled materials including this taiko player.
I finally got my floor loom working and made three weavings from my first warp.
Inspiring Trashmagination artists made items from recycled glass, fiber and playing cards.
I hand-quilted a t-shirt from an Innovation Engineering conference with a design and message I loved.
My daughter designs a version of paper dolls with fabric scraps.
I love that my family was doing creative recycling in all our various corners of the globe – from recycling yarn, to wood to upholstery samples.
To celebrate my taiko performance group, I made them adorable taiko ornaments from applesauce containers.