Julie-Anne Graham

Upcycling adventures

After I graduated from college, I started working for a community arts organisation in Belfast, as coordinator of their Trash Fashion Project. We worked with diverse groups all over Belfast, teaching them sewing and design skills with an environmental twist; all the materials we used were recycled. Whether it was a bag of school ties, a hideous 80s jumper or lace remnants from a lingerie factory, we loved taking what was discarded and giving it a second life.