WEARABLE ART
Crochet with pop tops is a very popular craft in my home country, Brazil. I think that most pull tab crochet products you may see online are "pasteurized" and mass-produced. They strive for perfection, while I do it for the pure enjoyment of creating something with my own two hands (wish I had a third one...). I think of it as wearable art and minor imperfections are part of the charm.
Upcycled crochet items using aluminum pull tabs from soda and beer cans
See what it's all about
All the items I make are crocheted or knit using recycled, post-consumer, clean, aluminum soda can pull tabs, or pop tops. Check what pull tab crochet is all about.I have started using "plarn", a "yarn" made from recycled plastic bags cut into strips. The results are very interesting
Let me know if you like it...Leave a blurb in my Guestbook...
Pull Tab Crochet Pics
You can see them all in my Etsy shop......if I have not sold them yet!
My OOAK creations:
Pull Tab and Hemp Crochet Purse and Wallet
Pretty in Pink - sold 1.19.2008
Purse with Glass Bead Tassel
Floral purse - sold
Backpack - sold
Working on a special order for larger size
Burgundy and Silver - sold in 2007
I Love Brazil - sold 01.02.2008
Yellow Backpack
Glass Bead Necklace
Glass Bead Necklace
I Dream in Blue
Colors of the Earth - sold
Black Beauty - sold
Lollypop
Plarn (New York TImes bags) and Pull Tab Purse
Kristi's Hobo - sold 6.9.2008
Purple Butterfly - sold 6.11.2008
A closeup of a tab flower pattern.
A detail of the little tab flowers
Beautiful Colorful Jersey
Oh so soft, made with pull tabs and Yarn Bee chenille.
Pull Tab crochet on the web
Let's praise all the beautiful work out there
Pop Top Purse with Tutorial
Novica with pull tab handbags and accessories made by Neide Ambrosio, from Brazil, for purchase
Escama Studios
Pull Tab Bracelet tutorial
Craft Magazine Pull Tab Crochet
Flower Pot Holder Tutorial from Angela Cassilha's Blog (in Portuguese but the pictures are good enough to figure it out)
Creations on Video
Novica Artisan Neide Ambrosio at Brazilian TV Show
Novica artisan Neide Ambrosio interviewed by Hebe Camargo and the top model Luiza Brunet at a popular TV talk show. Neide talks about her bags made with soda pop-tops. Her work called the attention of Californian kids that wrote her many letters appraizing Neide's nice eco-friendly products. (English Subtitles)
Runtime: 3:42
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"Desfile de roupas recicladas, feitas de Sucata"
Fashion Show - Clothes made from trash
Desfile de roupas recicladas, feitas de Sucata
O Casal Jairo e Margarete apresentaram na TV Record no Programa da Eliana seus artesanatos feitos com lacres de latinhas.
Runtime: 9:59
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Escama Studio
Promotional Video
Escama Studio
Escama Studio combines sustainable design with fair trade principles to create a new breed of alluring fashion accessories. Based in San Francisco, Escama Studio works directly with two Brazilian craft cooperatives—Cia do Lacre and As Panteras do Lacre—to design and produce these sleek, modern pieces using traditional crochet techniques and recycled aluminum pull-tabs.
Runtime: 1:51
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Other Interesting Things Using Beer and Soda Cans
There's more to them than the pull tabs...
The Orange Show Center for Visionary Arts in Houston is finally done renovating the beer can houseVisit the Red Bull Art of Can page. It's in Houston this year and I have been to it. AWESOME! It may not give you wings, but it sure gives your imagination some!!!!
Visit my friend Urbanwoodswalker on Flickr. She has picture sets of awesome stuff she makes with the cans.
Tell me what you think...
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a_willow
These are wonderful! Never knew it could be done like that! Great job! Welcome to Reuse it all! group! Posted September 16, 2008 |
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EelKat
Those are beautiful! I don't think I've ever seen crochet done like this before. Posted September 08, 2008 |
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Fortunate
Hi Ya... Posted September 07, 2008 |
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PopTopLady
OK, I fixed the videos (added couple more, too). I don't know why that one disappeared from YouTube...it was soooo beautiful! Posted August 13, 2008 |
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spirituality
Looks good. The first video no longer works btw. Posted August 13, 2008 |
