If youre in Berlin, -and like recycling- you have to see Kunst-Stoffe!
It’s an overwhelming (really!) collection of — OLD STUFF !!

This is the washing-test required on my last plastic-melting project..: there’s four patches; two cotton (green) and two synthetic (red), each of them with either plastic bags and strange silver thing or “gift-wraps” (which i found out is actually called ribbons..) I washed at 40°C. update: there is two kind of ribbons used; the curly, [...]

I made an amazing discovery today: GIFT WRAPS, the shiny, colourful stuff to make your last-minute presents look nicer, are made from plastic!!! ..this opens a world of possibilities…:: some of it even stays shiny after it’s melted into the fabric (see my last blog-entry for instructions). I made a T-shirt: oh, i love plastic…

So. Das neue Jahr beginnt stressig. Im Moment brennt die Luft. Aber wir kriegen das hin. Wer in Hamburg wohnt und sich am Freitag Kultur geben will, guckt sich am besten mal den Flyer da unten an und kommt dann vorbei. Ingo Fischer aka Artfart lädt ein zur Vernissage in der Bedürfnisanstalt. Super Sachen! Unbedingt [...]

For some time, I’ve been working on creative ways to recycle garbage and old, out-of-fashion or broken stuff, to make it once again be craved for and have another round in the lifecycle of consumer products.. One way of doing this is sowing new clothes from old clothes and fabric. Now I found another, combining [...]