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4/3/2018

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We visited the Ardfern studio of artist Hannah Tofts whose warm welcome and wonderful energy inspired us. Do browse around her website - she teaches, writes books, gardens, cooks, campaigns against plastics in our seas (she has a seven year collection of plastics from beach cleans!) and paints. A colourful antidote to this winter weather..


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Mary
5/3/2018 04:24:28 am

Very creative. Sadly amazing at how much plastics she has collected, but, also sadly, not surprising.

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Freda
5/3/2018 01:00:29 pm

I rather like that she is creative with it though. A new angle!

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Cristiana
5/3/2018 10:52:25 am

She does seem to have a wonderful energy to her. Very inspiring.
The amount of plastic we use (and dispose) is almost unbelievable. I've been trying to reduce plastic use,mostly by refusing single use packages but my success rate is still very low. Everything seems to be wrapped up in some kind of plastic, sometimes double and triple layers!

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Freda
5/3/2018 01:02:00 pm

I wish I had her energy! It is impossible to avoid plastics but awareness is rising.....and meanwhile we do what we can.

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Grace
5/3/2018 12:12:42 pm

Living in a big city, the quantity of plastic waste is truly shocking, between what is on sale in supermarkets and the take-away culture. Retailers shouldn't waste any time in following the initiative of the supermarket in the Netherlands which has just opened a plastic-free aisle (the world's first apparently). Artists can do a lot to raise awareness of the scale of the problem.

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Freda
5/3/2018 01:04:23 pm

I am really excited to hear of the plastic-free aisle idea. It would be so interesting to see how people respond to that! I do hope it spreads. There is such a long way to go but we are on the road...

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Lotta link
6/3/2018 10:43:51 am

Some people I know in Cornwall made their Christmas tree out of beach plastic last year!
I'm so glad to hear about the plastic-free aisle Grace...

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Freda
6/3/2018 02:42:39 pm

As long as there is humour there is hope!

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Julia
8/3/2018 05:30:19 am

I’ve been ill and got totally behind on your blog, freda.. but i really enjoyed reading about ardfern (beautiful!) and hanna tofts. Yes, it is so difficult to avoid plastic! I follow several excellent blogs which advocate a zero-plastic lifestyle, and i’m aspiring! Also the site of a woman who cleans san diego beach every morning, before the tide takes the trash back out to sea..it is shocking how so many people are treating our world like a garbage dump. Even a small change can help...like stopping using a plastic straw in your drink.

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Freda
9/3/2018 06:26:56 am

I think and hope that word is spreading Julia, and am so sorry you have been ill. x

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