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Weaving with plastic straws and plastic bags / Tejido con pitillos y bolsas plásticas
Happy 2014! From now on my posts will be shorter and bi-lingual. I am now living In Venezuela so I will be writing in Spanish also. ¡Feliz 2014! ¡Este … Continue reading
Posted in Actividades para hacer con niños, Reciclaje creativo, Up Cycling Projects, Upcycling Single Use Plastics, Venezuela, Weaving, Working with Children
Tagged basura plástica, bolsas plásticas, Patricia Acuña, pitillos, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Straws, tejido, Venezuela, weaving
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Recycling Plastic Workshop in Merida Venezuela
Happy New Year 2012! It has been a month and a half since I left Melbourne on vacation back to Venezuela, my beautiful country. I have been immersed in the simple … Continue reading
Posted in Being Venezuelan, Plastic Bags, Recycling, Trash Art, Weaving, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Caracas, fused plastic bags, Merida, Patricia Acuña, plastic bags, Recycling, Venezuela, weaving
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Mosaic of Earth Textile
It’s been a month since I unpacked my Loom. I have been experimenting and ended up making one very long piece that expresses my views and concerns for this precious world … Continue reading
Posted in Contact, Inspirations, New designs 2011, Sustainability, Textures and Colors, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Art, Australia, climate change, consumer power, Eco-Conscious Customers, food packaging recycle, Gardening, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, plastic bags, Port Phillips Eco Center, weaving
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Creatively Reusing “Single Use” Plastics
Single use Plastics are all over the Cities of the planet slowing drifting into the Oceans. … Continue reading
Posted in Contact, Life in Melbourne, New designs 2011, Trash Art, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Aboriginal Basket Weaving, Australia, BagsRevolt, Bottle Caps, Bronwyn Razem, Koorie Heritage Trust, LitterArty, Melbourne, Patricia Acuña, PET Bottles, plastic bags, Plastic Litter, Recycling, REDUCE, sculptures, Straws, weaving
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June News and What’s Coming In July
Hi everyone.  Happy July!!! This past month of June was a very busy one. I gave my first Workshop Up-Cycling the Creative Approach to Sustainability. I can say … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, New designs 2011, Recycling, Textures and Colors, Up Cycling Projects, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Bangles, Colors, consumer power, design innovation, Eco-Conscious Customers, food packaging recycle, fused plastic bags, handbags, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, PET Bottles, plastic bags, Plastic Food Packaging
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Happy Environment Day! News from BagsRevolt
Happy Environment day!!! For those of you who don’t agree and think everyday should be environment day…yes …that’s very true, but if one day many people concentrate … Continue reading
Posted in About, Inspirations, Life in Perth, New designs 2011, Textures and Colors, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Waste Management, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged BagsRevolt, Carbon Tax, design innovation, Earth Carers, food packaging recycle, google analytics, Inspirations, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, plastic bags, RECycle, REDUCE, Say Yes Australia, Tamala Park Landfill, UP_Cycle, World Environment Day
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Bright Idea?
Are Bags-Revolt Lamps a Bright Idea? Lamps made by Up-Cycling Plastic Bags, FOOD Packaging Material, Clothes, Furniture, anything PLASTIC consumed by the hungry masses. Lamps made from the leftovers of our consumerist driven societies across the globe. Plastic that is filling our landfills, Oceans, … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, Recycling, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged Australia, BagsRevolt, Bright Ideas Competition, design, design innovation, food packaging recycle, GreenDesign, Inhabitat, Lamps, landfills, Patricia Acuña, Perth WA, PET Bottles, Phillip, plastic bags, weaving
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Weaving with the Future Generation
I have found that children of all ages have a very positive reaction to Bags Revolt! Could it be that this new generation has grown with a new paradigm about the importance … Continue reading
Posted in Life in Perth, Up Cycling Projects, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up, Working with Children
Tagged Art, BagsRevolt, handbags, Patricia Acuña, PlasticBags, sewing, Teaching, upcycle, weaving, working with Children
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Fresh Out Of The Loom!!!
Fresh out of the Loom! Bags Revolt new designs made with plastic bags and diverse packaging material. Continue reading
Posted in New designs 2011, Textures and Colors, Up-Cycling, Weaving, What’s Up
Tagged BagsRevolt, new designs, packaging material, plastic bags, upcycle, weaving
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