In The Garden
This challenge has been great fun!
I have collected lots of bits of plastic, bottle tops, lids, bread ties, straws, teaspoons, food packaging trays, cotton reels, packing tape etc.
These bits of 'rubbish' were melted with a hot iron, to create 'beautiful' flowers.
These 'beautiful' flowers are now growing in my little garden.
I used bubble wrap for wadding (not that you can see it!)
Blue packing strap for the binding.
The Sun is a lid of a "Copperpot" (brand name) dip container.
The Grass is a raw chicken tray from the supermarket, cut, fringed and lightly melted.
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| A white teaspoon flower with "Pump" bottle ring centre. |
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| Red teaspoon flower with "Gutermann" reel end centre. |
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| Red bread tie flower with "Gutermann" reel centre on finger stitched green cord stem. Yellow packing strap flower with "Pump" bottle top centre and "Fruitbox" straw stem. Blue & Yellow bread tie flower with "Gutermann" reel centre on zip stems. |
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| Close up Yellow bread tie flower with "Gutermann" reel centre on zip stem |
Wow what a great idea, I LOVE it! This is realy recycling.
ReplyDeleteAmazing, Fleur! I would never have thought to go this far and didn't even know you could do most of this! It's REALLY an example of recycling.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I had no idea either. Once I got that hot iron in my hand and started melting things, I just kept experimenting. Not everything melted as I thought it would, different plastics respond differently. It was a lot of fun and now I'm looking at plastic packaging with a whole new eye.
DeleteWonderful Fleur. An interesting use of all sorts of discards.
ReplyDeletewow you have put us all to shame with your recycling and repurposing!! I loved the bread clips first but had to smile when I saw the zips - the chicken tray was the icing on the cake. Really well done!!
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