How I Weave Old Socks and T-shirts Into Rag Rugs
I weave old socks and t-shirts into rugs – this helps me use up the t-shirt components that cannot be used in my fluffy rugs.
Hangers Creative Reuse
Plastic, metal and wooden hangers can all be creatively reused to make furniture, costumes and other art.
Fluffy Rug Course
When I shared my new fluffy rug method made from recycled t-shirts, the social media posts went viral, so I have now made an online course so you can make your own!
Weaving Recycled T-Shirt Rugs
You can make very cute woven rugs from recycled t-shirts without spending much on equipment.
Artist Residences at Landfills
If you want unlimited art supplies, one option is to do an artist residency at a landfill or transfer station.
TED Talks about Creative Reuse
Making toys from trash. Building homes from trash. Weaving art from trash. Next-level creative reuse in Egypt and Japan. These are the topics of my five favorite TED Talks about creative reuse.
Community Service Through Creative Reuse
Find out how you can build stronger community while also creatively reusing trash. It’s like a 2-for-1 good deed!
Denim Jeans Recycling
What can you make with jeans that are out-of-style, ripped beyond repair or painted, or with the leftovers when you make a quilt from jeans?
Handmade Gifts from Recycled Materials for Mother’s Day & More!
Each month, I make a handmade gift for my grandmother Rea from recycled materials – which brings her joy and increases my discipline around getting creative projects done.
Beach Trash Art
The Sixth International Marine Debris Conference is taking place, people are heading out on spring break, and people are figuring out that plastic straws are terrible – it’s time to make art from beach trash!
Maker Faires and Community Events
Trashmagination had a table at KIDfest. In this podcast, I share observations about what worked and what didn’t, and how it can help me focus my Trashmagination energies going forward.
Creative Reuse of Worn Out or Mismatched Socks
What can you do with all those lonely socks?
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.
Creative Reuse Lessons from Weaving Plastic Bags
Three key values of Trashmagination that were reinforced by my recent work weaving plastic bags on my floor loom into gorgeous colorful mats
Memories of my 43rd Year
Taking the time to remember a great year on my birthday
My Mom’s Weaving – Gander Birch
My mom made an incredible weaving of a birch tree forest near where she was born in Gander, Newfoundland.
My Creative Instagram Inspirations
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.
Tapestry Weavings with T-Shirt Yarn
I experiment with making small tapestries from recycled t-shirt yarn and other yarns.
First Weavings on my Floor Loom
I finally got my floor loom working and made three weavings from my first warp.
Golden Moments Weaving
This weaving project took two years and is like a puzzle of major epiphanies in my life.
Maker Faire 2015
Once again Maker Faire was a whirlwind of fun! Thanks to everyone who did the weaving!
Weaving Plastic Bags on a Hoop
How to weave a circular plastic bag weaving on a large embroidery hoop – includes video
More Plastic Bag Weaving
The second plastic bag weaving went MUCH faster.
Weaving a dress bodice from plastic bags
My daughter and I are weaving plastic bags into dresses for a Trash Fashion show on May 21st.
Story Loom at Family Science Night
The Story Loom was a super fun creative recycling activity at a local Family Science Night.
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