Fabric waste ideas

Sunday morning I played around with new stones thinking they were going to be grey but perhaps because it is the bleak mid-winter the stones turned a warmer colour. This piece is inspired by Mark's paintings of stones disappearing under water. He is brilliant at that. For both of us scenes like this bring up whisperings of summers spent on beautiful Georgean Bay. For those of you in Toronto don't forget The Artist Project at the Better Living Centre February 21-14, 2019 Mark Berens will be…

Get creative with scrap fabrics to make zero-waste decor! Add unique style while reducing waste. #ScrapFabricProjects #ZeroWasteDecor #DIYHome

Don't let your fabric scraps go to waste; instead, revamp them into these fantastic projects that are functional, creative, and practical.

French architect Clarisse Merlet and her studio show the potential of recycling textiles to create construction materials through FabBRICK.

#Textilerecycling is the process by which #oldclothing and other #textiles are recovered for #reuse or #materialrecovery. It is the basis for the #textilerecyclingindustry. The necessary steps in the textile recycling process involve the #donation, #collection, #sorting and #processingoftextiles, and then subsequent transportation to end users of #usedgarments, #rags or other #recoveredmaterials.

Weaving denim in process; Radha Weaver left the apparel industry and started her first quilt with fabric from her stash. Inspired by transformation, she creates art with upcycled textiles.

Studio Sarmite is a materials design and research studio focussing on transforming industry wasteinto new closed-loop concepts.