Comments on: Just One Word: Plastics http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=558 This ReUsable Life: recycled art in Olympia, the Pacific Northwest, the USA and around the world Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: everydaytrash http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=558#comment-15854 everydaytrash Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:24:09 +0000 http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=558#comment-15854 Wow, I had no idea the field of plastic doll making was so vast and diverse! Wow, I had no idea the field of plastic doll making was so vast and diverse!

]]> By: Ruby http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=558#comment-15897 Ruby Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:31:19 +0000 http://rubyreusable.com/artblog/?p=558#comment-15897 This is just the tip of the trash heap, I am sure...but the 3 that I list from Leave No Plastic Behind are all just from the Pacific NW, and are 3 different plastic bag doll-making techniques (plaiting, braiding, taping), along with those wonderful Burkina Faso dolls (crocheting). So far, I have NOT found anything like this on Etsy (lots of crochet and fused plastic bag bags, no dolls), nor on Flickr (the art dolls tend to be made with beads and velvet and ceramic faces) except, of course, my tape baby dolls. IF you do discover cool trash art dolls (especially plastic bag dolls), please keep us posted! love, etc Ruby This is just the tip of the trash heap, I am sure…but the 3 that I list from Leave No Plastic Behind are all just from the Pacific NW, and are 3 different plastic bag doll-making techniques (plaiting, braiding, taping), along with those wonderful Burkina Faso dolls (crocheting).

So far, I have NOT found anything like this on Etsy (lots of crochet and fused plastic bag bags, no dolls), nor on Flickr (the art dolls tend to be made with beads and velvet and ceramic faces) except, of course, my tape baby dolls.

IF you do discover cool trash art dolls (especially plastic bag dolls), please keep us posted! love, etc Ruby

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