Amazing Fiber & Textile Art from Sew Danish - ETT SOTW

Birgitte Hendricks, the artist behind Sew Danish, is a fiber/textile artist extraordinaire.
Her amazing baskets, embellishments, ornaments and boxes, often made from unusual materials (such as recycled newspapers), are one of a kind or made in very limited editions.

Birgitte is influenced by her Danish heritage. She says "As a native Dane my fiber art is very much under the influence of the Danish minimalistic approach to design and use of color. I tend to gravitate towards the lighter color scheme and use color quite sparingly. In my work I use a lot of recycled paper and fabric, as it is important for me to do my bit for the environment, and I love the unique broken in/worn feeling a one can achieve. Using recycled repurposed items is a wonderful challenge on its own."

To celebrate being the ETT SOTW, Sew Danish is offering

FREE shipping

from February 28 through March 6, 2011

SewDanish happily ships worldwide from England

To learn more about Birgitte and her work, follow her on Twitter and Facebook and read her blog.

More Plarn, Please!

You know I love to find craftspeople who use recycled materials in their work. My latest etsy purchase, this beautiful coiled basket from bagsagain, is made from plarn, ie yarn made from strips of discarded plastic shopping bags. Talk about turning an environmental scourge into something beautiful and useful! By the way, I chose a basket made of relatively simple colors (black and grey), to go with my kitchen decor but Brijana makes her baskets, coasters and vases in bright colors as well. She also accepts custom orders and her work is very reasonably priced!