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Upcycling

Upcycling. Aims and Objectives Research Upcycling Choose your Artist from the list. Library visit. Work in sketchbook Create a mind map of upcycling ideas Draw 4 upcycling ideas.

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Upcycling

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  1. Upcycling

  2. Aims and ObjectivesResearch UpcyclingChoose your Artist from the list.Library visit.Work in sketchbook Create a mind map of upcycling ideasDraw 4 upcycling ideas

  3. 'Make do and mend', also known as 'Mend and make do, to save buying new' was a popular mantra during World War Two in response to the rations on clothing and textiles and the necessity to reuse existing garments instead of buying new.

  4. We're throwing away a lot of material that could provide a sustainable resource for the fashion industry. It's thought that European Union consumers collectively send 5.8m tonnes of textiles to landfill every year, with the UK alone responsible for 350,000 tonnes of that. That's problematic not least because nylon fabrics take around 30-40 years to decompose, while wool emits methane as it decomposes, a key contributor to greenhouse gases. Cue upcycling, a new environmentally conscious genre in fashion design that repurposes discarded garments and textile waste and reintroduces it back into the fashion market.

  5. Upcycling is a significant part of the reinvention of the fashion industry. While it can unleash the weird and wonderful, like Kerry Howley's Attraction/Aversion necklace collection made from discarded human hair, it can also make mainstream designs more sustainable. TRAID has been turning donated cast-offs into new items for the rails of its high street charity stores since 1999, and last year, Reclaim to Wear and Topshop's design team collaborated to create a new collection made entirely from fabrics left over from previous collections. http://insideout.topshop.com/2012/05/what-is-reclaim-to-wear

  6. With it's roots in the make-do and mend mentality of generations before us, upcycling has the potential to make a positive environmental and social impact.

  7. The process of upcycling is a very environmentally conscious way to make the most use out of ordinary or discarded material, and turn them into something amazingly brand new and reusable again. These creative upcycled clothing examples have all been made from a variety of different types of material, demonstrating that even the most mundane object can be turned into a chic ensemble.

  8. Upcycled rubber gloves!

  9. Upcycled bottle tops

  10. Upcycled Scarf

  11. Upcycled t shirts

  12. Upcycled urban chic

  13. Upcycled menswear for women

  14. Elsa Hiltner recycled dress

  15. ZiadGhanem

  16. Jean Slippers

  17. Terracycle's Gown Made From Old M&M Wrappers

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