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Yuen green creations are not for sale

To add a fun element to her warriors, she has humanised Pokok bytelling people that it was him who made all the green items.The five dolls in tennis ball containers are assembled using oldsocks, tennis balls, strips of old clothes and toilet paper tubes.I put each warrior in a capsulated case to tell people that theair outside is contaminated and so they can only survive in thesterile air, although they really want to come out, Yuen said.Her creations under the I Am Not Junk series are not for sale atthe moment, although many people find them cute and useful.I decided to take away the element of greed because I feel that ifyou want to do something good, it should come from the heartwithout expecting plastic toys anything in return.It started as a hobby, I didnt think much about how it wouldimpact the environment in a positive way. But it has become moremeaningful now by saving more things from ending up in landfills.I am doing what I love without receiving money, and it has led meto many opportunities, she said.Yuen recently exhibited her creations at the No Plastic Bag Concertby The Recyclists and people approached her to ask how she made theitems displayed.I dont mind sharing my knowledge at all. I am glad that I havemet my objective, which is to inspire more people to save theenvironment! she said.Yuen is going to give out her bookmarks at her mini exhibition atthe arts and culture event at Menara Hap Seng every Sunday inAugust.Visitors can also meet Pokok and ask him any questions by writingthem down on paper and placing them in his notebook. He willrespond via email or snail mail, Yuen said.Yuen said developers and other organisations could maximise theirresources by reducing waste and transforming them into premiumgifts.Instead of wasting money giving away diaries or notebooks andcreating demand for more trees to be chopped down, they could usescrap materials on site and turn them into decorations andstationery, or even create a new product line to add value to theirbusinesses, she said.Her future plans include creating soft toys of endangered animalswhich die as a result of trying to eat plastic bags, producing anebook to illustrate ways of turning junk into art, and utilisingher knowledge in remedial therapies to come out with her ownskincare products. I am also experimenting on how to make rubber stamp ink fromjuices of fruits and vegetables, she said.Yuen  http://closetcrafty.blogspot.com