Plastic fantastic

Olesya Besperstova on her blog-shop-activism hybrid project

I was taking a beginner's weaving class and wanted to do something different than the usual table cloths. So I did a woven IKEA bag instead!

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This is a fully wearable and comfortable unlined plastic coat. Uncounted layers upon layers of fused and sewn plastic bags , plastic produce net bags, and newsprint image transfers. 100% plastic bags--- even the cotton sewing thread was old. Nothing bought except for the velcro front closure. I spent 1 whole month (every single day) on this coat...and collected bags for over 1 year.....there were MANY grueling challenges. I thought I would never get it finished. It was both rewarding and…

Americans underwent hundreds of thousands of breast implant, liposuction and nose surgeries last year, spending billions to make 2016 the most plastic year ever.

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I’m not looking into cosmetic surgery here in terms of ‘plastic beauty’, but the usage of plastic within art that can be used and seen as a subtle and easy way of making a creativ…