The Gilroy Garlic Festival is held in Gilroy, California - and is one amongst the biggest food festivals that are organized in the US. The festival was founded in 1979 and has now evolved into a fundraiser for local charities and various charities and individual booths are also there at the festival to support that particular causes.
Giroy Garlic Festival
At the 33rd Gilroy Garlic Festival of 2011, there were three particular booths that stood out amongst the two dedicated rows of art & craft booths due to their innovative eco-friendly merchandise. The first booth was Alan and Gail Stewart's 'Switch Plates'. The couple, hailing from Los Angeles, have been consistent visitors to the festival for the past five years. They have been collectively producing amazing eco-friendly craft products for over 43 years that are made out of old license plates. Ranging from light switches and wall hangings to mint boxes - they have made an impressive collection of merchandise by re-using license plates into functional and attractive products.
The second most attractive booth was again from LA-based artists called the 'Metal Souls'. Their expertise is to create sculptures out of repurposed metal. These sculptures are actually toy-like imitations of insects, sci-fi characters, animals, transport and so on - an amazing way to give old metal a new lease of life.
The third booth that was indeed attention-grabbing was from San Francisco called 'Flattened Bottles' - amazing products made by literally flattening old glass bottles! The artists have simply flattened glass bottles and recycled them to create amazing spoon rests, serving plates and other kitchen utility items in a remarkable and attractive fashion. The artists work in close collaboration with restaurants, bars and recycling units for obtaining old bottles and then simply recycle them into fancy products!
Via: Gilroy Dispatch
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