Box Heart
Knit for Trees
garbani_knit

 

According to reuseit.com,

about 1 million plastic bags are used every minute worldwide...

a staggering figure.

What is then the best way

to fight this ecological disaster and at the same time acknowledge

the futility of the task?

 

Use the plastic bags as yarn

to knit sweaters, scarves and mittens for trees!

 

Throughout the summer,
Garbani is setting up a work table and collecting unwanted (clean) shopping bags from visitors to Governors Island.
These bags will be cut and used as yarns to knit sweaters,
scarves, and mittens
for the trees of the island.

Visitors are encouraged to participate further by helping Garbani cut the bags, roll the strips into yarns, sort the yarn by color, and KNIT.

Don't miss the opportunity to become a part of this project! 

For more information:

Knit for Trees 

Knitting with Plastic Bags

- a workshop with artist Isabelle Garbani -

 

Sunday July 24th, 1 to 3 pm

Box Heart Gallery

4523 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
P. 412.687.8858

 

Light snacks will be served. $5 suggested donation.

 

To register, contact Nicole: boxheartexpress@earthlink.net

 

Workshop outline:

-   Artist introduction

-   Demonstration: how to make yarn out of plastic bags

-   Demonstration: basic knitting stitch

-   Attendees will be given a choice of several projects and may donate their piece to the Knit for Trees installation.

 

Please note: You do not need to know how to knit, and you do not need to bring your own needles. However, if you wish to take your project with home, you MUST bring your own needles. You are encouraged to bring your own plastic bags to cut!

 

About the Artist

Isabelle Garbani is an emerging artist who received an MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2004 and has since been exhibiting her work throughout the New York metropolitan area and the Northeast.

 

Among her exhibitions are; Arte! Beaux-Arts! Kunst! at Payne Gallery in PA, Figureworks Gallery in Brooklyn in 2007, the Third Annual Summer Exhibition at the New York Academy of Art in 2009, and Younger Than Moses at the Benrimon Gallery in New York City in 2010.  

 

Garbani had her first solo exhibit in 2008 at the Earlville Opera House. Her second exhibition, "24 Hours in the Subway," will be on display from July 19th to August 13th at Box Heart Gallery!

 

Her work from the 2010 Brooklyn based show Single Fare was recently shown in the New York Times.

She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.