Alchemy arts recycling is chic
From the Publisher: Alchemy Arts is a community-based arts project in Edinburgh that collects scrap from businesses and households and uses it to create artworks, workshops, and parades in the city. This book takes their philosophy one stage further and offers projects in fashion, home design, and c...
| Main Author: | MacKay, Kate, 1980- |
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| Other Authors: | Jennings, Di, 1952- |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London, England ; New York, NY :
Marion Boyars Publishers,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Projects
- 1: Corsets And Petticoats
- All tied up
- Roses and ruffles
- Antique bride
- Reworked corset
- Illustrated dress
- 2: Plastic
- April showers
- Spiral brooches
- Summer collection
- Hula!
- Toy jewellery
- In the swim
- 3: Rags And Remnants
- Way out huipils
- Scarf wear
- Bedspread bags
- Holding court
- Patchwork purses
- Duvet dresses
- Lady lavender
- Pretty pinny
- 4: Winter Woollens
- Fuzzy felts
- Fleecy mitts
- Reworked coats
- Turtle neck bag
- Magpie's eye
- Mossy glen neck piece
- 5: Heavy Duty
- Houndstooth blazer
- Skirtans
- Inner tube necklace
- Scottish lassie
- Tiny tartan tote
- 6: Paper
- Hat O'cards
- Paper beads
- Carnival time
- 7: Tinsel And Trinkets
- Spiralling elegance
- Buckle pendant
- Pearly queen
- Phoenix charms
- Frida headdress
- Madame butterfly
- Sheriff badges
- Christmas fairy
- Alchemy artists' profiles
- Index
- Conversion tables
- Acknowledgments.