About the material:
An average Tetra Pak carton is made of about 70% paperboard, 25% plastic and 5 % aluminium layer to protect its contents.These different components are not easily separated by the recycling process, the reason is not a recyclable everywhere.
Availability:
used briks are lagerly available in many cafés and canteens.
About the idea and process:
Cartons has potential as they are light, whaterproof and quite strong. Considering those qualités I had an idea to make yarn from cartons and eventualy use it for costume designs. I have cutted some Tetra Pak bricks in to yarn and made swatches using different techniques : weaving, knitting and crochet. Some of those experiments were later used in larger scale in making knitted costumes and some props for the performance “Galaxies” , director Jūratė Trimakaitė, production Kano Kamerinis teatras and Teatro istorijos
Pros and cons
Cartons are largely available and free material, easy to work with by hand.
Collecting cartons, rinsing and drying them and finally cutting them in to a large quantity of yarn requires planning in advance and committed team work.
Any kind Tetra Pak briks
Cutting yarn
Approximately 13 metres of yarn from a single brick
Knitted sample
Weaved sample
See throughout textile
Detail
Doormat weaving for “Galaxies”
Dormant prop
Crochet sample
Yarn balls
Basketry sample
Knitted costumes for the performance “Galaxies” . Photography Laura Vancevičienė
Photo Laura Vancevičienė
Photo Laura Vancevičienė
Photo Laura Vancevičienė
Photo Laura Vancevičienë
Knitted sweater for ‘Galaktikos’. Buttons from recycled bottle caps
