Cape Town – John Singano, a local upholsterer in Imizamo Yetho, Hout Bay, is the talent behind covering footstools being repurposed from old VHS video tapes as part of the Re.Bag.Re.Use initiative.

Aaron Gullett, 42, a lawyer in Columbus, Ohio, said he was inspired to repurpose his own basement after watching some of the video tours Sant’Anselmo has posted of his tribute to the VHS era.

The process is simple, says le Roux. They cut up the plastic into strips to roll it into a ball of ‘plarn’. This can then be ...