A student knitted almost 4,000 ft (1.2km) of waste material using her
arms as needles for for her final year degree show at Nottingham Trent
University's School of Art & Design.
Sandra Charles spent 375 hours, the equivalent of more than two weeks day and night, knitting 350 strands out of thousands of recycled label transfers
Ms Charles, 22, from Yeovil in Somerset, got the idea while at a recycling center.
BA (Hons) Fine Art student Ms Charles said: "I wanted to develop my sculpture work and my knitting. I looked at different techniques and saw arm knitting. It's very difficult to describe but basically uses your arms as needles. It took three hours to make each strand at first.
"I got repetitive strain injury at one point and
couldn't do any more for a couple of days."
Her piece, named Material Disposition, is now on public display
alongside a host of other student design works during the 2015 NTU
Degree Show at the university's City site.
BA (Hons) Fine Art student Ms Charles said: "I wanted to develop my sculpture work and my knitting. I looked at different techniques and saw arm knitting. It's very difficult to describe but basically uses your arms as needles. It took three hours to make each strand at first.
"I got repetitive strain injury at one point and
couldn't do any more for a couple of days."
Her piece, named Material Disposition, is now on public display
alongside a host of other student design works during the 2015 NTU
Degree Show at the university's City site.
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