Alchemy Arts Recycling is Chic
Alchemy Arts Recycling is Chic by Kate MacKay, published by Marion Boyars Publishers in 2010, is an illustrated guide that explores innovative ways to repurpose scrap materials into creative projects. This 251-page book presents the philosophy of a community-based arts project in Edinburgh, which collects discarded items from businesses and households to inspire artistic endeavors. It offers a range of ideas for fashion, home design, and crafts, encouraging individuals to adapt and create their own unique pieces.
Readers will discover a variety of projects that utilize everyday materials, such as transforming old playing cards into a top hat for fancy dress or stitching old ties into dresses. The book includes contributions from American crafters alongside those from the United Kingdom, making it a diverse resource for anyone interested in mixed media, crafts, and sustainable design. Alchemy Arts Recycling is Chic serves as a practical guide for those looking to engage in environmentally friendly crafting while expressing their personal style.
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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 crafts for individuals to make or adapt themselves.
Includes ingenious uses for packs of old playing cards (a top hat for fancy dress), old ties stitched into dresses, and many more ideas and suggestions.
With the inclusion of American crafters’ projects as well as those from the United Kingdom, this is likely to be a popular addition to the growing collection of books available for crafters.
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