00:00Rather than kick rubbish away from under his shoe a Yorkshire artist makes a
00:05conscious effort to pick it up and reuse it. He's even used rubbish to upcycle
00:12some shoes. James Owen Thomas has his own gallery out in North Yorkshire where all
00:19these incredible creations are made out of litter and recycled goods. He now
00:26sells prints of his work as well as the originals made out of different items
00:32that he's collected over the years. What would have been trash has now become
00:39these incredible pieces of art including these stiletto shoes made out of the old
00:47racecar tags. From an early age James had a passion for litter picking. He hated
00:54the fact that things were just being discarded on the side of roads. He later
00:59decided to use these pieces of rubbish, sometimes punching holes into old race
01:06cards and lottery tickets, to create incredible pieces of art. He's now
01:13sharing his skills with others so as well as being commissioned to create his
01:18own artwork he's leading a range of workshops where he inspires people to
01:23shred, punch holes into different pieces of litter so we can reuse them to create
01:29some incredible things.
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