![]() From birds to flowers to abstract creations, artists are forging every possible construct, from nothing but recycled paper. It is overwhelming to see how a single sheet of waste paper is transformed into marvelous forms, without cutting or using glue. What inspires us even more is that these creative minds never hesitate to use their talents for exploring the world of recycling. Unlike the rest of us, who use paper only for scribbling for papercraft artists every sheet of it brings forth a whole new world of possibilities in three dimensions. For some it is like playing a symphony it allows composition and performance as an expression of ingenuity. Origami is a unique sculptural art that allows artists to delicately replicate their imaginations into tactile paper forms. These recycled paper crafts do precisely that. We need to create art out of waste to make a statement. ![]() Now more than ever, for the sake of the environment, we need to make a statement. In fact, many of the films are even shot in the jungle. If there was a way to fathom how much do our million dollar films cost the environment, we could have saved a lot of environmental damage. However, when it starts costing the environment, then we need to look into the matter. Nevertheless, as long as the cost is personal, it is fine. I particularly like the instructions at Wrapper Purses.No one better than the artists knows it that art always comes at a cost. Or, if you're crafty and patient, you can make your own. You can buy these from many fair trade vendors like these: On the larger one I have emphasized the top edge with black because it's so hard to tell which part is the front and which part is the inside! You can see I made a small sample to see how it worked and then started a big one. I started one a while ago, mostly using Muse and New Yorker covers. ![]() Which brings me to our extreme craft idea of the day: the Gum Wrapper Chain Purse (also known as a Candy Wrapper Purse). I had complicated braces that made it impossible. I figure some of these gum wrapper date back to the mid 1960s!Īnd the best part? I chewed none of the gum from these wrappers, not one single stick. ![]() The first few feet were given to me by a big high school girl up the street who had lost interest in it. I use it as garland on my Christmas tree. My friend Lisa, who sat in front of me, drew our teacher as a paper doll and, as the year went on, all her outfits. Sixth grade was pretty unchallenging I guess. So, anyway, there in the box is my old gum wrapper chain that I made many years ago, when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, when I was in sixth grade. Somehow he came home with bulbs to fit every kind of string except the one I must have before I can put ornaments on the tree. I sent my husband to the store for replacement bulbs. They're still in the boxes because we have not one, not two, but three bum strings of lights. Yesterday I started dragging out my Christmas decorations.
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