A World of Keurig
In 2012 I met a man who happen to like keeping up with the trends and get the latest little gadget. He lived alone and had no one to care for, his kids were all grown up and such. He showed me this amazing coffee maker (according to him) it wasn't a Keurrig, it was another brand but with the same selfish, convenient, disposable, money wasting machine!! I was a bit disappointed, every time I run into someone who invests into something that is purely based on convenience disappoints me, you know, the coffee is just ok, but they lie to themselves and say it is delicious for convenience ALWAYS wins. He proudly invited me to a coffee, telling me how good it was. I accepted... it wasn't good, it was average. My mind was also thinking on all that plastic... hot water on plastic.. can't be too good. Plus the waste, oh the waste! And that was early on, 2012, we were not yet at the unimaginable waste stats we have now (if you line up all the k-cups used to date you could circle earth 10 times????) Whaaaaat? that is unfathomable!!! In the name of convenience we are killing ourselves and suffocating the earth with our trash!!! At the time, I recycled all of his plastic coffee dispensers, peeled the aluminum label off, scooped the coffee out which I composted (did you know coffee is the natural repellant for ants? they hate the smell). I cleaned the plastic and the coffee filter and saved both. I saved them for about one year and had enough material to create a couple of pieces I am incredibly proud of.
I used the coffee filters to create the gathered frill for my coffee bean bag dress in 2015
and created a stand for my work that I have used in many shows and is not permanently in my home because I absolutely LOVE it. The love is bitter sweet for I know that the small amount of plastic dispensers are a drop in the bucket. Fortunately my friend chose to buy
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