This week I finished making plarn out of the green translucent packaging bubbles and then instead of crocheting it first I just arm knitted it because I ended up having less material to work with than I had anticipated. Once I finished that I realized it wasn't exactly how I pictured my end piece so I decided to start a backing piece made from white bags. I already had some pieces cut leftover from an earlier project so I started on making white plarn.
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This week I was preparing the plastic bags for being made into plarn and I had to figure out how to transform them into loops since they weren't exactly plastic bags. I'm working with those plastic packaging bubbles and I really like the color. It's like a translucent green which is really pretty but I'm not sure how much plarn I can actually make and also if it's going to be opaque enough for the project idea I have.
For my artist talk I interviewed Lyn Page, co owner of Clementine, Ashby, and Clover in Carytown. One of my main take aways from the conversation is that if you work with the community you serve they'll help and support your business as well. Also taking chances can lead to really good unexpected possibilities. I also learned that second hand fashion has been around for a while and is not going away any time soon. I was really surprised of all the different ways her businesses are connected to the community, either through reaching out to VCU students for design, providing new stores based on customer needs, donating funds to the community, or even just hiring local students. I learned a lot about the differences in the types of second hand sale that I didn't realize before. |
Hanna NgaiHi, I'm a senior at Maggie Walker in Art 5 and I'm an installation sculpture artist that turns plastic bags into art. Archives
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