I think a majority of librarians can all appreciate space/storage issues when it comes to placement of magazine back issues. The 7th grade students from the local middle school found a different way to work with old magazines….by making vases.
Not that using magazines to make vases can really help a library’s space/storage issues, but it’s an innovative (and artistic to boot) use of materials that are often viewed as cumbersome. The vases’ detail, colors, and structure is truly amazing to see.
2009/11/06 at 3:12 pm
[...] middle school strikes again… 2009/11/06 — anna Earlier this year at the branch where I work, the local middle school displayed vases they had made from recycled [...]