Original T-Bag Designs recycles used tea bags - that are dried, emptied, ironed and painted - into 'functional art'. These small works of art are applied to stationary, timber items and even fabric. My favourites were the T-Bag Handle Bag and the Canvas Picture.
The handbag is made out of recycled fabric (fabric taken from discarded fabric sample books) that is decorated with a handcrafted tea bag in a plastic pocket.
I love the handle detail. The plastic handles contain recycled tea leaves and tea bags.
The stretched canvas picture has 16 hand-painted recycled tea bags.
One cup of tea has indeed provided previously-disadvantaged people in the Imizamo Yethu community with hope for a better future.
