Artyculture Fashion Parade
One of the regular features of our local Field Days event is the Artyculture Fashion Parade. Entrants design and fashion a garment from recycled materials.
What people came up with absolutely astounded me. And the creativity didn’t stop with the garments. Some of the titles of the garments were fabulous and very clever.
Here are a few of the entries:
Because You Can Can
This was made by Lleyton’s class (year’s 5 & 6). They have been studying recycling so this fitted in well with what they were doing. It’s been made using coke cans, chook wire, weedmat. The hat is made from carboard and the chook bag from tin.
Bouncy Bikini Babe
Made using tennis balls and an old basketball net.
Shearing Bros
These garments have been made from old sacks and decorated using a wool classing stencil (used to label wool bales).
Blind Warrior
Made from curtain rings, wooden blind slats and bamboo blinds.
Political Statement
This kid was SO cute. Each model had their own little dance moves to go with their outfit and he carried his out so well. He’s dressed in a green shopping bag (with holes for his legs). This designer wanted to make the statement that green bags aren’t really green at all. They’re made from polypropelene which doesn’t break down. Instead we’d be better off making our shopping bags out of a fabric that will break down.
These are just a few of the many entries. I won’t try and show you them all but I will do another post (next week?) with some stunning evening and wedding gowns.
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They are fantastic. So creative.
I think the tennis balls one is my favourite. Though I would never wear it…
They look great!!!
Mum was telling me last week that the ‘green’ garbage bags that are meant to be biodegradable actually aren’t every ‘green’ at all. They are meant to be broken down by including them in composting and if they just go to landfill then they don’t break down properly producing methane gases etc contributing as much to global warming as what using non degradable plastic would.
They are a bit of a catch if you aren’t aware.
I guess at least the green bags are reusable and not thrown away after a single use, so there shouldn’t be as many of them? I still think it’s a step forward from the awful dolphin/whale/estuary choking plastic bags.
I never got to the artyculture parade this year. Too busy drinking coffee and handing out lollies! Can’t wait to see more photo’s.
I wonder if everyone else knows that even the biodegradable plastic bags won’t break down if sent to landfill. they break down when left exposed to sun and air, but since a lot of people use their plastic bags for their rubbish, which is sent to landfill, there’s still going to be a problem.
That is fantastic. I didn’t realise the green bags were not all that green. Good to know. thank you.
Hi there, I run the Carnival of Green Crafts at the blog called Crafting A Green Word. Could we link to this post in our next edition? Let me know, thanks!
p.s. Lightening, this is me on my own time.
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