Episode 8: One person's trash Can Be an Artist's Palette! Repurposing Waste into Beautiful Art

08/11/22 • 43 min

The way plastic is managed globally is problematic. In some regions, less than 8% of plastics are actually recycled. The rest are sent to landfills to slowly break down into microplastics, or release chemicals into soils and watersheds. Natalya Khorover has embarked on using waste in her artwork. She has always been driven to be thrifty and using found materials in her art seemed like an obvious path.
Links from the show:
Quilters Take a Moment: Quilt Alliance Event
beyondplastics.org
Natalya Khorover
Natalya is an artist who uses repurposed materials and she helps other artists who struggle with knowing where to start using these materials to achieve their creative vision. She uses meditative hand stitching and mending of vintage linen, alongside her industrial sewing machine to stitch and collage layers of translucent single-use plastics which would otherwise contribute to litter pollution. The transformation she subjects them to makes these materials unrecognizable.
You can find her here:
Website: www.artbynatalya.com

Social Media handles:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbynatalya/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatalyaKhoroverArtist
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0ZWXG0nIeMLXfOgau360Q
Twitter: https://twitter.com/artbynatalya

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Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
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Social Media handles:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbynatalya/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NatalyaKhoroverArtist
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0ZWXG0nIeMLXfOgau360Q
Twitter: https://twitter.com/artbynatalya

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Episode 7: The Healing Properties of Memory Quilts From Re-Purposed Clothing

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Memory quilts and t-shirt quilts are loving gifts for the receiver, but the maker often gets just as much out of the process. That certainly is the case with Cathy Saul who has been making memory quilts for people as well as for donations for many years. We talk about re-purposing sewing machine cabinets, up-cycling clothing and the process of making her special quilts. We also have an intimate conversation about mothers, loved ones, and how quilts can have a healing effect on loss.
The book Cathy mentioned in our talk is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Cathy Saul is a quilter by day, public speaker by nature, autism clinician by training, and musician by aspiration. She loves to make useful things from scraps and she has a passion for memory quilts and restoring vintage quilts.
You can find her in the following locations:
Business: Silver Saul Quilts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cathysings26quilts
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathysings26/
Twitter: @cathysings26
You can find me, Bridget O'Flaherty - The Sustainable Quilter here:
www.bridgetoflaherty.com
Instagram: @thesustainablequilter
Facebook: @thesustainablequilter
Youtube: Bridget O'Flaherty The Sustainable Quilter
Music Credit: Thanks to Isaac Matthews for his incredible talent.
You can find and follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid for more of his music.

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Episode 9: Meet the Trailblazer Behind Organic Thread

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Micro fibres and microplastics can be dangerous for our health when we are going about our hobbies at the sewing machine. Julie Moore recognized this early on in her quilting career and set out to make a change in the industry. She was determined to bring organic threads to the quilting world and has worked for the last 20 years or so to make a difference in the lives of farmers, sewers and quilters. I talk with Julie about her journey to creating naturally dyed threads and her continued interest in improving access to healthy and safe cotton threads.
Julie Moore founded Fiberactive Organics more than 20 years ago with the mission of bringing organic textiles into the mainstream. Fiberactive now manufactures organic cotton sewing thread for retailers and textile manufacturers around the world. Julie is passionate about living lightly and with purpose.

You can find more about Julie and her thread here:

Show links
GOTS
Organic Trade Association
YLI Threads