Sumer Erek’s newspaper house puts excess newsprint to good use

Old newspapers, rolled up into sticks to form trunks, will comprise the walls of the house.

Source: Gilian Mciver/Creative City

Amanda Birch previews two installations that show how discarded newspapers can have an artistic and useful afterlife

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