Treasures from Trash Exhibition in Luton

girlwithbeads is featured in this excellent exhibition celebrating creative recycling from around the globe. Treasures from Trash highlights the rich potential for re-invention of the six main domestic waste materials: Paper, bottles, textiles, packing, rubber and cans. Find out the journey of each material, how we use and discard them. The ways in which they are being salvaged and re-invented as beautiful and useful re-usable objects.

Featuring Red and Recycled - The first year students on the Foundation Degree in Fashion and Textile Design at Barnfield College have created a fashion explosion of red jackets made from recycled objects.

Its free to visit and runs from 25th June - 25th September at Stockwood Discovery Centre, London Road, Luton LU1 4LX

For more info visit: http://www.stockwooddiscoverycentre.com/

girlwithbeads featured on BBC website!

girlwithbeads - Summer Grass Bag - featured in BBC article about the latest 'Treasures from Trash' exhibition in North Wales.

The touring exhibition hosted by Know Trash features several GWB designs, and can currently be seen in Rhyl, North Wales.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/northeastwales/

Treasures from Trash Exhibition now in Grimsby.

Treasure from Trash, an exhibition celebrating creative recycling is touring the UK, and its currently at the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre from 9th October 2010 - 9th January 2011.

Featuring girlwithbeads flat cap bag!

For more info visit: http://www.knowtrash.com/

Photos from the 'Treasures From Trash' Exhibition

Treasures From Trash - Free Exhibition at Croydon Clocktower

Visited this exhibition last week, it is brilliant! It is a great collection of objects from around the world that are recycled from rubbish. Very innovative & inspiring, definitely worth a visit!

Treasures From Trash

Free Exhibition at Croydon Clocktower

26 June - 30 October 2010

Open Monday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm

'Treasures from Trash' is an interactive family-friendly exhibition that explores creative recycling from around the globe. Every object on display used to be something else. From a stove to a handbag, tyre buckets to toys, this exhibition shows how communities around the world make inventive, creative use of what we throw away. It also looks at how we can recycle more on our own doorstep in Croydon.

The 'Treasures from Trash' exhibition is delivered in partnership with 'Knowtrash'

See www.museumofcroydon.co.uk for more info

Treasure from Trash - Stockport Exhibition

girlwithbeads will be featured in a very interesting exhibition celebrating creative recycling from around the globe.

Treasure from Trash runs from 9th March - 7th June 2010

at Hat Works, Wellington Mill, Wellington Road South, Stockport SK3 0EU

Free Admission

For more info visit:

www.knowtrash.com

www.hatworks.org.uk