A few years ago I tried my hand at printing images on used dryer sheets after reading about the technique online. I was intrigued by the idea of using the gossamer material to capture ghost-like images of my daughter’s childhood. I didn’t have much success with my first attempts, but for a long time I collected used dryer sheets, waiting for the inspiration to try again. I may have found that inspiration in the pictorial stitched garments made by New York native Gwen Samuels.
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Anything and everything! I really get excited when I use anything and make it into something that is not its original purpose. A real bonus is when it is “trash” or has no real value and I make it into something of value and desirable.
Enjoy your blog. All the inspiration that I can handle on most days!
I use packaging materials. There is so much waste when we buy food, clothing, and other goods. I just hate to see it all going into landfills and taking up more precious space.
Some favorite packaging materials include plastic mesh fruit and veggie bags, the kind that potatoes and onions are often sold in. Also card board boxes from cereal, flavored extracts, and a bazillion other products, and metal tins from tea, cookies, popcorn, candy, and mints, and probably my most favorite discard item of all to work with is dryer lint. I find myself doing more laundry when my dryer lint bag is low.
Thank you for the daily inspiration, Susan!
Hello! this collection stirs my heart…i made a full-sized dress out of newspaper once, & i love to use matchboxes in art.
have a loveliest of days