Definitely one of the sadder photos I've taken - an abandoned teddy bear in a to-be-demolished house in Bangkok.

Prints at
https://dean-harte.pixels.com/featured/abandoned-teddy-bear-dean-harte.html

#teddy #teddybear #abandonment #sad #childhood #urban #urbanexploration #photography #photo #fediverse #fediart #preloved

Donation of unused clothes urged as Uber offers free courier trips to Red Cross

On Saturday, October 18, users in Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington can order a car to collect up to…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #as #clothes #clothing #commissioned #courier #cross #donation #found #free #holding #kiwis #longer #more #NewZealand #NZ #of #offers #preloved #red #Research #their #to #trips #uber #unused #urged
https://www.newsbeep.com/156543/

Craving a break from the screen? You’re not alone. 👋

The tactile and tangible are making a huge comeback. More and more of us are seeking hands-on activities and products as a direct response to a sterile, digital-first world. It’s about reconnecting with our senses and finding joy in things we can actually hold.

Turns out, there’s a lot to love about pre-loved. Research shows 38% of Europeans have found their favorite possessions on second-hand marketplaces. This isn’t just a trend; it’s a desire for items with history and a story to tell.

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Envie d’une pause de l’écran ? Vous n’êtes pas seul. 👋

Le tactile et le tangible font un énorme retour. De plus en plus d’entre nous recherchent des activités et des produits pratiques en réponse directe à un monde stérile et numérique. Il s’agit de renouer avec nos sens et de trouver de la joie dans les choses que nous pouvons réellement tenir.

Il s’avère qu’il y a beaucoup à aimer chez les pré-aimés. La recherche montre que 38 % des Européens ont trouvé leurs biens préférés sur les marchés d’occasion. Ce n’est pas seulement une tendance ; c’est un désir d’articles avec de l’histoire et une histoire à raconter.

#Tactile #Tangible #AnalogLife #Crafting #DIY #Secondhand #Preloved #Sustainability #Unplug #DigitalDetox #Mindfulness #fleamarket #paris #france

Die Suche nach Mode, die gut für Umwelt und Budget ist. Ist günstige nachhaltige Kleidung kaufen wirklich möglich oder ein Widerspruch? #nachhaltigemode #slowfashion #secondhand #nachhaltigkeit #preloved

https://alltagsfuchs.de/nachhaltigkeit/nachhaltige-mode-produkte/guenstige-nachhaltige-kleidung-kaufen-so-findest-du-schnaeppchen/

I'm a messy crafter. In my Witch Town destruction is the mother of creation and chaos is a fertile ground.

My favourite part of doll crafting is this. Not styling or dressing up, but discovering the character, finding its' essence through colours, stiffness, lightness, roughness, flow and I dare to say vibration of the fabric and shiny trinkets. I use pre-loved, unwanted, outworn, broken etc materials to make my dolls. Those materials are donated and sometimes sent to me from across 7 seas. Sometimes the choice is between landfills and my craftroom, between announcing something a trash or it becoming a treasure again. I work with former belongings of those alive and deceased, giving them second life in my dolls. And I think it just adds value to them. It makes them special.

Sometimes it's the materials that lead the way to the finished doll, not my ideas. In that sense I myself as an artist feel more like a door, like gate for these creatures to enter the world, not the god that creates them. It's my job to serve them and find what they need, not make them exactly how I've seen them with my minds' eye. The process of making a doll doesn't happen with empty mental space, this is where inner conversation happen and I dare to call them conversations with dolls. I don't literally hear them talking (I've been asked this, so to be clear...), but that inner conversation happening while I craft helps me to find new perspectives, reminds me of my values, shows me the way, so I dare to say that dolls talk to me, materials reveal secrets and I have a lot of teachers right at my fingers. My only teachers in doll making have been dolls that I make.

Does this make any sense to you or I sound like the lady who has lost her sanity long ago?

#dollmaker #crafter #artist #artdoll #paganart #witchart #innerconversations #innerworld #recycled #upcycled #preloved #weirdworld #dolls