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He is making things with the bags. 
Thousands in Peru sort & collect plastic to recycle. 

John Sayon - Quinoa crops 120 days to grow quinoa so his 2nd occupation is wood carving. Men do wood working. Women work with textiles. 
Tree - is lambras - a soft wood. We also use eucalytus [[eucalyptus]] (came from Australia in 19th century).
I draw the piece on to the wood. 
1st - draw the object I will carve. 
2nd - after that I work carefully [[strikethrough]](shows spatula & fork)[[/strikethrough]] shows a tool.
He made wooden forks
1 1/2 day or 12 hrs to make a fork
You must be very concentrate. You can break the would [[wood]] & cut your hand. 
What do you do with the plastic?
Ayamar: visual & practical art. A balance to occupy both [[strikethrough]] word [[/strikethrough]] worlds constant practical activity
We started making key chains. We are working - wearing shopping bags. This is an experiment.
We have 8-10 people working with the plastic. These are grand knitting needles & I am knitting the plastic. We are working on bags for shopping to keep from taking bags in the stores
Jaime - too much plastic in our country. People take bags [[strikethrough]] in [[/strikethrough]] from stores use for garbage
Ayamar: Plastic bottles have a deposit. They get returned
John: have to work with a sander
Thank you...