OK, I’m going to say this one last thing about carrier bags and then I’ll leave it for a while! Although this time its not such a negative comment.

Sharon Porteous, a textile design graduate from Derby Uni discovered a way to turn those horrible, ugly bags into funky fashion accessories. It was by chance that she melted a plastic bag with an iron but soon realised that this could be part of a process to weave them into handbags and wall hangings. Clever eh? And better than going in the landfill!

This article got me thinking about eco-art generally and reminded me of another artist called Sandra Walmsley whose work I saw in a gallery in Norwich last year . I  thought that her styles and designs were so beautiful, unusual and intricate that I bought a couple of her prints. Based in my second home, Norfolk, Sandra who has studied both print making and ecology not only creates her own work but runs workshops to teach others how to be artistic in an environmentally friendly way. Why not book in Sandra and Jeff’s (a fellow artist) guest house and learn how to make something as lovely as this? Visit their site Impressions Prints at www.impressionsprints.com