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Updated: 11:23 PM Nov 2, 2008
Turning Combat Uniforms Into Paper
Veterans are turning cloth into paper, but it's not just any material. Old combat uniforms are getting made into art as part of a project called the Combat Paper.
Posted: 9:04 PM Nov 2, 2008Reporter: Lauri Martin Email Address: lmartin@kktv.com |
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Veterans are turning cloth into paper, but it's not just any material. Old combat uniforms are getting made into art as part of a project called the Combat Paper.
They were once worn in war. Combat uniforms are now shredded up for a new life. “We take rags, in this case, uniforms. We deconstruct them into a machine. That machine turns them into pulp and then turned into sheets of paper," said Drew Cameron with the Combat Paper Project.
They are sheets of paper that veterans, from various wars, turn into art. Some of the sheets are plain. Others are more colorful and bound into journals.
“It enables us to work together and heal us from war-time experience," said Cameron.
Each sheet of paper has a story in it; a story of veterans who fought overseas. There can be healing in this transformation. These former fighters turn a piece of their painful past into a hopeful piece of art.
Monday at Colorado College inside Palmer Hall, the artwork will be on display starting at 7:30 p.m. It’s free and open to the public.
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