The art wall grows

At this point, I’m not yet sure if this is a wall for art, or a wall of art, but either way, I like it.

Placemats on the art wall

While shopping for Christmas presents at Kindred in Santa Rosa last month, I stumbled upon these beautiful placemats handmade out of recycled newspaper. Feeling that their aesthetics transcended their intended purpose, I decided to hang them on the wall.

Woven recycled newspaper placemat as art

I believe they were made by Filipino women as part of an cooperative organization that:

helps women work together in groups, obtain government help in skills training, buy raw materials, provide an access to low interest loans to capitalize the industry and obtain titles to their land.