But the items she places on the table of a makeshift studio in an old tobacco pipe factory in the east end of Glasgow are rather more mundane -- plastic carrier bags. For Cobain, 24, every plastic bag tells a story of the modern age and so, two years ago, she became a collector and plans to start a museum. When Cobain put the word out that she intended to start a museum she was inundated with bags from around the world. "It shows you the level of production of plastic bags at that time that such events were being printed onto bags." Despite her affection for plastic bags, which are increasingly attracting charges for use, Cobain is looking forward to a time when they are consigned to history.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 01, 2020 04:18 UTC