Pretty Cornish Art (from old magazines)

Turning rubbish into something remarkable takes more than skill, it needs vision, patience and a real belief that beauty can be found just about anywhere. Every thrown-away object can suddenly become part of something bold and uplifting.

Junk Mail Art offers beautiful and unique art collage prints and greetings cards, featuring places in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. A lovely way to pretty up a wall, or send a card to someone you love. Custom commissions are welcomed by the creator.

The more that we use up old paper and magazines, the better. That horrible smell at landfills is caused by methane, from rotting paper.

And although FSC-certified paper means it has not come from rainforests, it still means growing fast-growing plantations of young trees (usually with pesticides) on land that could be used for old-growth slow-growing trees, that support birds and native wildlife.

So if you are buying anything from paper, try to support companies like this, that use up waste paper, instead of chopping down lovely trees.

Although old newspapers can be ripped up and placed in compost bins, magazines need to go in recycling bins, due to inks that would not break down.