At some point when I was gathering bras, someone told me that nature centers will take bra clasps to help turtles heal that have cracked shells. The picture above is just an internet search photo example of how the bra clasps are glued to the turtle's shell to help hold a cracked shell together.
My head exploded. Making art AND helping turtles, sign me up!!! I believe Brart to be a recycled art form, and part of that is finding a use for all parts of the bra once it is cut up. I sent my first full bag of bra clasps to Nature's Nursery in Whitehouse, Ohio. Nature's Nursery (natures-nursery.org) I'm currently saving up for the next back to mail off. I message nature centers before sending them, to make sure it is something that can actually be utilized. If I just arbitrarily send it some nature center, it's probably much more likely to still end up in the trash. Thinking creatively, we can repurpose a lot of items that we just so casually toss in the trash to sit in a landfill. Just because we have put something in the trash, doesn't mean it has gone away. I'm still looking for a use for underwires. I have a box of underwires. If someone has a good idea for them, message me.
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Alicia Wold
6/7/2021 07:24:49 pm
Baskets with the underwrites as ribs. Pull fibers from elsewhere to weave them.
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