And there it is, two weeks in the making, a belt made from empty cleaned chip packets.
The reverse silver side of chip (and nut) packaging is folded together in a weaving technique taught at The Junk Wave's recycled craft workshop last month.
The thin black belt you see I picked up for 30c from the op shop. Using a glue gun, I've glued weaved chip packets onto the black belt, so it can be fastened at the front. An upcycled, recycled belt..
This project was featured on craftgossip.com
10 comments:
Love it - well done! Any chance of a tutorial?
That is incredible - I would never have guessed those were chip packets.
Gems x
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Very nicely done! I had guessed candy wrappers, so I wasn't too far off, but you still amaze me!
how clever...looks cute and good way to reuse and upcycle
mongs
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I like the look of it. Thank you for idea
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@Penny-Rose - there is an online tutorial that can be found on this site which gives you more of an idea on the weaving technique used > http://www.candywrapperpurse.blogspot.com.au/
Holy crap, this is so cool!
Wow! Erica your belt is amazing! What a cool idea. It does feel good to make something out of nothing; and your example is totally brilliant!
That is awesome! At first I even thought it was some type of metal, but it was not. What a great way to recycle indeed. :) Rocking!
It's beautiful! Here's a tutorial for that technique...
http://ow.ly/bz7bs
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