It seems as if I've been tracking a certain theme these past few weeks, that of plastic pollution and its impact on our environment. Did you know that each year, Americans use 380 billion plastic shopping bags? It's estimated that only 5% of these are recycled. That means they end up in oceans where turtles, albatross and other sea creatures mistake them for jellyfish.
Last month, I worked on a piece that was picked up for publishing by the Arts Council of Greater New Haven in the April issue of their monthly publication The Arts Paper.
You can see it here on page 16: https://issuu.com/artscouncil9/docs/the_arts_paper__april_2018_.
And also here!
This was a fairly lengthy project, which involved weaving strips of plastic bag yarn through 1/2 inch holes in a 17 by 23 inch piece of spray-painted metal mesh. Sounds like fun, right?!
Here's what the process looked like:
I followed a needlepoint pattern for each of the letters, weaving in and out of the mesh to form them. It took forever, but I was pleased with the result.
Happy Reducing/Reusing/Recycling!
Marsha
