Friday, 20 April 2012

Thursday, 5 April 2012

When clothes are not made of fabric II - Wearable Art by Sung Yeongu

Sung Yeongu  is a fine artist that lives and works in Korea.
Photography is the medium she uses to create her a vision.
These are photographs of her work: Wearable Food Series: Constructed art forms made with food, 2009-2010.
White Lotus Root Dress

Bread Dress

Whit Radish Dress

Banana Dress

Eggplant Dress

Red Cabbage Dress

Sping Onions Dress

Shrimp Dress

Tomato Dress

Winter Mushroom Coat

Wednesday, 4 April 2012

Re-cycling-New Use 1: Machine Coffee Pods

There´s a huge trend nowadays of owning a coffee expresso machine at home. Very convienint for coffee lovers, without the hassle of having to go to the around the corner coffee shop. I don´t drink expressos, only in very rare occasions, mostly more for social reasons than really liking the taste or the afterwards tummy cramps. So I am quite against the type of waste produced by this product... millions of discarted coffee pods. My mum once got a necklace made with this, she thought it was very clever and diferent but i never saw her wearing it!


Rachel Rodwel an aussie designer upcycles used coffee pods into fabric. She was inspired by a  trip to Kerala in India, where she witnessed the locals repurposing waste materials such as coconut fiber into everything from rope to paddle-powered houseboats. “I wanted to create an unconventional range that challenges preconceived notions of sustainable textiles,I wanted to use something that already exists and would have otherwise been wasted.