Textile Redemption – the tale of Jeni’s marvellous shopping bags

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Jaya proudly holds her beautiful shopping bag, made by textile & stitch Artist, Jeni Irwin 30th July 2017

Meet ‘stitch artist’ Jeni Irwin, from Nungurner, Victoria – she has been making shopping bags for quite some years now, using recycled fabrics from op-shops, thrift stores, market stalls –  as she explained to me, this is “a project to inspire and encourage the use of some of the huge amount of waste fabric that is sent to landfill – offcuts, leftovers, clothes, linen – rescued for a new life!”

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Conan ~ The Cook: Organic food delight in Holland The Netherlands

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Master Chef, Conan Luidens and his band of Merry Cooking Kitchen Hands: the feeding of 600+ people three organically grown meals a day for five days (ie. 9000+ meals), during the ‘Open Up’ festival http://passionofheart.com/event/open-…

Plus, an brief insight into the work and care in growing the organic vegetables.

Filmed in July, 2015 at Kasteel de Berckt, Barlo (Holland, Netherlands); and at the organic vegetable farm 10kms away, at Neer Holland, The Netherlands De Woag (Province Limburg) – the farm of Boer Wiel, his wife and five children http://www.dewaog.nl/
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