Recycled Elephants

Just some quick photos from the Trash Seminar that Brandon and I mentioned in our last blog entry. We had some great opportunities to visit with some schools that were working hard to teach their students about the importance of using recyclable materials to make unique art projects and gifts. So here goes:

One of the school teachers showing me how to make a 'pollera' or traditional head-piece (more on that in another blog) out of recycled plastic bottles.

Teacher and I with finished product.

Here's a close-up example of a finished product and the bottle that it was made out of.

A recycled clothes-softener bottle, transformed into an elephant.

A paper mache vase holding paper flowers.

Some other Recycled projects... this bus was made out of a broken-down toy and a cardboard milk box.

At one of the schools there was a large fair and a competition to see who could be the most creative in coming up with a recycled outfit.... the girl's dress above is made out of hand-sewed newspapers (!.. check out her shoes too)

Check out this stud!

Her skirt was made up entirely of pre-paid phone cards- sewn together.

And this little girl's dress had bottle caps fastened all over it.