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Burlap Bag Virginia. Updated December 6 2013

Burlap Bag Virginia. call 813 770 4794
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- 4 Sack Race Bags. Used burlap coffee bean and feed bags. Great for arts and crafts. Make your fashion statement, whether it be hand bags or use in furniture arts and crafts, burlap bags have many uses.

Born for this time, Lived on a landfill as a child. Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience.
Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

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25 Burlap Coffee Bean Bags for 79.95. Bags are slit on the top diagonal, each measure approximately 36" x 29". This special ships bags @ our discretion. Free Shipping this special.

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CALL US 24 HOURS A DAY 813 770 4794. We ship same day.

Burlap bags has many uses including, agricultural and industrial products,Balling roots and earth when planting trees and shrubs.Burlap bags can be used for frost protection,wind breaks for plants.Burlap bags also for ground cover to prevent erosion and to promote seed germination. Great covers for cement during curing,and balling bags for trees.

These Burlap Bags are 100% organic, with vegetable die for the printing, no chemicals used. Once held coffee beans. Logos and designs may vary. Call us of your planned use, we can send you burlap bag material best suited for your need.Burlap bags can be used for;
wall-deco
crafts, such as handbags, rugs, mating for pictures.
shop use for storage.
garden, use for mulching,ground cover.
organic yard waste, will save landfill space.
construction, has been used for curing cement and sand bags.
hunting, for making blinds.
Sports and games, sack race bags.

.This is part of a recycle project that Hong Kong Willie has used for many years.
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Burlap Bags,North Carolina, We ship same day
We are a small reuse company , Google Hongkongwillie. Support reuse.

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*Sack Race Bags pictured are representative*
CALL US 24 HOURS A DAY 813 770 4794.
Burlap bags has many uses including, agricultural and industrial products,Balling roots and earth when planting trees and shrubs.Burlap bags can be used for frost protection,wind breaks for plants.Burlap bags also for ground cover to prevent erosion and to promote seed germination. Great covers for cement during curing,and balling bags for trees.

These Burlap Bags are 100% organic, with vegetable die for the printing, no chemicals used. Once held coffee beans. Logos and designs may vary. Call us of your planned use, we can send you burlap bag material best suited for your need.Burlap bags can be used for;
wall-deco
crafts, such as handbags, rugs, mating for pictures.
shop use for storage.
garden, use for mulching,ground cover.
organic yard waste, will save landfill space.
construction, has been used for curing cement and sand bags.
hunting, for making blinds.
Sports and games, sack race bags.

.This is part of a recycle project that Hong Kong Willie has used for many years.
One of the green ways is to use burlap bags to retain moisture or mulching.

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Google Maps Tampa Artist Hong Kong Willie . Updated 5/19/2025

Google Maps Tampa Artist. Hong Kong Willie

Florida Reuse Artist . LIFE Born for the Art World. A STORY WITH A MEANING OF BIRTH

Hong Kong Willie and his Wife , Kim Brown, reuse Art work, is a unique Art Gallery. This multi-faceted approach adds to the appeal of his work and provides a space for local culture to be displayed. Hong Kong Willie's paintings reflect the history of reuse art in Florida, showcasing the natural beauty and the impact what art can be in reuse media. . His art has been described as representing the spirit of a talented reuse Artist.

Hong Kong Willie is primarily famous for his "reuse art," a form of art created by using salvaged materials from older structures, particularly from Florida Older Buildings , to paint Unique themed images. This art style, which offers paintings, has garnered attention for its unique approach to art and its connection to Florida culture.

It all started on a Tampa Landfill.

Reuse Became the way of life.

Hong Kong Willie is an artist who finds the meaning in what others would deem as “junk” items. His journey began in his childhood when he collected discarded items from the landfill where he lived and sold them.

While attending an art class in 1958 at the age of 8, Tampa reuse artist Joe Brown recalled being mesmerized by the lesson. It involved transforming a Gerber baby bottle into a piece of art.

“The Gerber bottle had no intrinsic value at all,” he said. “But when (the instructor) got through with me that day, she made me see how something so (valueless) can be valuable.”

By the time class was over, Brown learned many other lessons, too, such as the importance of volunteerism, recycling, reuse and giving back to the community. He recalled being impressed by the teacher's volunteer work in Hiroshima, Japan, helping atomic bomb survivors.

"One of the last words she ever spoke to me about that was, ‘When I left, I left out of Hong Kong,’ ” he said. After turning that over in his young brain for awhile, he decided to use it in a nickname, adding the name “Willie” a year later.

Trash? There is no such thing, Hongkongwillie seems to say through his art.

We are here to tell a story.

Hong Kong Willie has supporters who come into his gallery and buy reuse art. With the money that is made, a large portion is given to various social projects. As stated he will not be taking any money with him when he dies. His art is not just a business, and we make that very clear.

John 3:16 in the King James Version (KJV) states: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
“Somebody once told me to keep telling the story and they will keep coming,
“My father understood why he was here. And he made that of great importance to his children… My father gave me the understanding of why we were here
And to be determined to find that.”

In today’s fast-paced society, teaching of such life lessons has become rare. People are more motivated to “get famous and get money.
“I’m here just to exemplify and maximize why I’m here. That’s probably the greatest thing that I think is missed in families.

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It,(was the dump) that had all this media, and a young enterprising mind. Not enough time to capture it all.

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Born For The Green Movement, Hong Kong Willie Living The Life Of Recycling.

Reuse Became the way of life. To read the story from the inception of the Name Hong Kong Willie. Famed, by the humble statements from the Key West Citizen, viable art from reuse has found its time. To Live a life in the art world and be so blessed to make a social impact. Artists are to give back, talent is to tell a story, to make change. Reuse is a life experience
It all started on a Tampa Landfill.

Black Bird of Key Largo Hong Kong Willie Art $98,000

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"Black Bird of Key Largo"

The allurement of the winds blowing in the palm trees and the moon shining through and the "Black Bird of Key Largo" looking upon.

Hong Kong Willie

**HONG KONG WILLIE artist Kim Brown, chose aged Florida sawmill stock as canvas. Recovered Brass Hanger: Key West lobster trap rigging. Originally connects and suspends rigging of spiny lobster traps in Key West waters. Candy-like appearance due to multiple protective layers. Assigned number in artist register by Fisherman ID tag, corresponding burn-etched # rear of piece. Key recovered by Robert Jordan, acclaimed treasure hunter: also in identification of piece and artist.

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24" L

8" W

4" H

Weight: 17+ LB

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Sometimes, it’s the smallest experiences that have the biggest impact on a person’s life.
While attending an art class in 1958 at the age of 8.

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Hong Kong Willie Art Gallery In Tampa, a reuse Art Gallery. Artist Kim,Derek,and Joseph. reuse artist that have lived the life and are meant for the green movement in the world. A gallery that was born for this time. Artist living a freegan life,art that makes a social statement of reuse. Media that has a profound effect in making the word green truly a movement of reuse in the world today and the future.

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Famous Recycling Artist Hong Kong Willie. The name of the artist. In 1958 his mother took Hong Kong Willie to an art class. The name started then. An art teacher when doing crafts out of Gerber baby bottles, made a statement, in Hong Kong reuse was common. At that time he thought this was very interesting. His father had low-land, at that time landfills were common also. The county had told Hong Kong Willie’s father, it was safe, but as we now know this was not so. Something can come from bad to be good. Hong Kong Willie the name came from that art teacher impressing on that young mind that objects made for one use could be for many other uses. Hong Kong for the neat concept. Willie for an American name. So for many years Hong Kong Willie had a life of reuse. Hong Kong Willie saw forms in a different light, His life now was meaningful, knowing this was and would be his life. Art made from found objects, making less of a footprint on this world. Art and art teachers, HOW IMPORTANT. For the ones that have, and the ones who have not. Media can be found. Now 50 years later, we know now being green is important. We need to look at this very carefully. Our children and our world need a different understanding. Objects can be used in many different ways. Hong Kong Willie the tons of objects in his life that have been used, without much change, So for that art teacher what she did for my life. Thank You. I still have the Gerber baby bottle till this day. Hong Kong Willie.

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The Story Behind the Eye-Catching Art at I-75 Exit 266 Tampa Florida

Famous Recycling Artist Joe Brown, better known as "Hong Kong Willie," makes art with a message at his home/studio near

I-75 Exit 266 Tampa Florida

Sometimes, it’s the smallest experiences that have the biggest impact on a person’s life.
While attending an art class in 1958 at the age of 8, Tampa folk artist Joe Brown recalled being mesmerized by the lesson. It involved transforming a Gerber baby bottle into a piece of art.
“The Gerber bottle had no intrinsic value at all,” he said. “But when (the instructor) got through with me that day, she made me see how something so (valueless) can be valuable.”
By the time class was over, Brown learned many other lessons, too, such as the importance of volunteerism, recycling, reuse and giving back to the community. He recalled being impressed by the teacher's volunteer work in Hiroshima, Japan, helping atomic bomb survivors.
"One of the last words she ever spoke to me about that was, ‘When I left, I left out of Hong Kong,’ ” he said. After turning that over in his young brain for awhile, he decided to use it in a nickname, adding the name “Willie” a year later.
You've probably seen Hong Kong Willie's eye-catching home/gallery/studio at Fletcher Avenue and Interstate 75. But what is the story of the man behind all those buoys and discarded objects turned into art?
Brown practiced his creative skills through his younger years. But as an adult, he managed to amass a small fortune working in the materials management industry. By the the '80s, he left the business world and decided to concentrate on his art. He spent some years in the Florida Keys honing his craft and building his reputation as a folk artist. He also bought some land in Tampa near Morris Bridge Road and Fletcher Avenue where he and his family still call home.
Brown purchased the land just after the entrances and exits to I-75 were built. He said he was once offered more than $1 million for the land by a restaurant. He turned it down, he said, preferring instead to make part of the property into a studio and gallery for the creations he and his family put together.
And all of it is made of what most people would consider “trash.” Pieces of driftwood, burlap bags, doll heads, rope — anything that comes Brown’s way becomes part of his vocabulary of expression, and, in turn, becomes something else, which makes a tour of his property somewhat of a visual adventure. What at first seems like a random menagerie of glass, driftwood and pottery suddenly comes together in one's brain to form something completely different. One moment nothing, the next a powerful statement about 9/11.
One Man's Trash ...
Trash? There is no such thing, Brown seems to say through his art.
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In his shop, he has fashioned many smaller items out of driftwood, burlap bags and other materials into signs, purses, totes, bird feeder hangars and yard sculptures.
He sells a lot to the regular influx of University of South Florida parents and students every year who are are at first intrigued by the “buoy tree” and the odd-looking building they see as they take Exit 266 off I-75.
Brown Sells More Than Art
Of course, the real locals know Brown’s place for the quality of his worms.
If there’s one thing that Brown knows does well in the ground, it’s the Florida redworm, something he enthusiastically promotes, selling the indigenous species to customers for use in their compost piles. Some of his customers say his worms are just as good at the end of a fishing hook, though.
“To be honest, what made me come here is that they had scriptures on the top of his bait cans,” said customer John Brin. “Plus, they have good service. They’re nice and they’re kind, and they treat you like family.”
Though Brin knows Brown sells them mostly for composting, he said they are great for catching blue gill, sand perch and other local favorites. He also added that he likes getting his worms from Brown “because his bait stays alive longer than any other baits I’ve used.”
For prices and amounts, he has another blog dedicated just to worms.
Of course, many people also stop by to buy the smaller pieces of art that he and his family create: purses made of burlap, welcome signs made of driftwood, planters and other items lining the walls of his store.
He’s also helped put his mark on the decor of local establishments too, such as Gaspar’s Patio, 8448 N. 56th st.
Owner Jimmy Ciaccio said that when it came time to redecorate the restaurant several years ago, there was only one person to call for the assignment, and that was his good friend Brown.
"I’ve known Joe all my life, and we always had a good chemistry together,” Ciaccio said. "He’s very creative and fun to be around, and that’s how it all came about.”
Ciaccio says he still gets compliments all the time for the restaurant’s atmosphere he created using the “trash” supplied by Brown. He describes the style as a day at the beach, like a visit to Old Key West. “They’re so inspired, they want to decorate their own homes this way,” he said.
It’s that kind of testimony that makes Brown feel good, knowing that others, too, are inspired to create instead of throw away when they see his work. He simply lets his work speak for itself.
“Somebody once told me to keep telling the story and they will keep coming," he said, "and they always do."
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