During the past years, the world has tended to recycle waste to preserve the environment from pollution, as well as Egypt, which hosted on its land in Sharm el-Sheikh, the green city, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known in the media as the Climate Conference, and every Egyptian woman sought to play her role in preserving the environment, as it was Always, as some of them excelled in transforming waste into pieces of decoration and children’s toys, and on the occasion of the International Day of Recycling, we review in this report examples of Egyptian women who were able to transform waste into decorative pieces and distinctive dolls.

Nevin transformed paper and waste into the most beautiful decorative pieces

Nevine Magdy Mohamed, who holds a Bachelor of Laws, was able to take advantage of her artistic talent in recycling waste for distinctive decorative pieces, to decorate her home with, as she told “The Seventh Day”: “I love drawing from my childhood, and when I began to feel emptiness and boredom because I am a mother of three children at the time. I thought of doing something to renew my energy and make myself happy with it, and I searched on YouTube and found videos about recycling and started watching and implementing.

And she continued, “I started the first handmade thing by recycling old paper, and I was able to turn it into paper pulp and shape it as I like, and after that I began to take advantage of every old need and turn it into a decorative piece of art like jars and others.”

Other designs by Nevin from Tails

Decorative pieces from leftovers, designed by Nevin

Sarah used 4,000 second-hand cans to design a model of the planet Earth and a camel

The plastic artist, Sarah Ragab, designed two three-dimensional models made of thousands of used “cans” and plastic bottles of mineral water, in the form of a camel and a globe. The Seventh Day: “During my stay in the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, I thought of designing two figures, which are in the form of a globe that combines shades of light and dark green to express the shape of the planet when its inhabitants are committed to preserving it from pollution, and as for the figure of the camel, it symbolizes the city of Sharm El-Sheikh, And it was designed from thousands of used cans, and it was designed by Mona’s desire to send a message to tourists and citizens about the danger of plastic and treasures to animals when they walk on them or even try to eat them.

Sarah next to a planet earth model from the waste

Camels from canned food

Rania designed marionette dolls out of loofah, burlap and sponge

Rania Mahmoud, a graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Decoration, and is currently studying at the Academy of Arts, Institute of Child Arts, Department of Postgraduate Puppet Design, used different materials in puppet design, which are loofah, burlap and sponge, as she said to “The Seventh Day”: “My passion for puppets began with It was a long time ago, and I would be keen to design them with any material, and I would try to make dolls with cheap materials as a practical solution.”

Rania’s design

She continued: “I designed dolls from sponge, burlap, and paper mache. I also used fiber in designing decorative pieces, as well as marionette dolls. Its advantage is that it makes the bride light on the hands and anyone can easily use it in theatrical performances. I also designed puppet masks from burlap.”