Upcycling Workshop

Before coming to Better Farm, I had heard of the idea of upcycling, but had never participated in it before Saturday's workshop: Creative Upcycling and the Art of Transforming Junk.

Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.  Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value.  Upcycling is taking the recyclable materials and using them directly to benefit you, or your environment.

This past Saturday on July 6, Stephanie DeJoseph of La Mia Designs came to Better Farm to involve the Better Farm community in upcycling through a workshop sponsored by betterArts.  Through "Creative Upcycling and the Art of Transforming Junk," Stephanie helped the students to think outside of the box and create something new from recycled materials. The idea of upcycling is an alternative to recycling, where the recycled materials are sent to a recycling center.

Some of the upcycling projects that the interns participated in was an old rundown lampshade turned into a new improved functioning lampshade, a broken table turned into a beautiful tile mosaic, a wooden table turned into a Charlie Brown modge-podge, and a wine bottle turned into a flower vase.

For our full schedule of summer workshops, visit www.betterfarm.org/upcoming-workshops.