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Waste to Art
Exhibition Guide 2024
Visit the 2024 Sustainable Neighbourhoods Waste to Art Exhibition
21 October 2024 to 24 January 2025
Across 2 locations: SEEN@Swansea and Toronto Launchpad
Exhibition Guide 2024
Visit the 2024 Sustainable Neighbourhoods Waste to Art Exhibition
21 October 2024 to 24 January 2025
Across 2 locations: SEEN@Swansea and Toronto Launchpad
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Britt Timmins
Toxic Tango Salvaged plastics Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale Toxic Tango represents our lustful and problematic relationship with single-use plastics. Inspired by the blue glaucus sea slug, thriving amidst plastic pollution in the great pacific grange patch, this wearable sculpture is a visceral reminder of our throw-away culture. Made from salvaged plastics, the work itself embodies the excess it critiques, sparking a dialogue about consumption's toxic consequences. |
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Christiana Monored
Sea of Soya Plastic bread tags, metal spatula on timber Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC Christiana Monored Plastic Fish Plastic soya sauce fish, shopping bags, plastic net on canvas with acrylic paint board Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC |
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Darren Horsfield
Recycled Monster Art - Monster Family Found plastic rubbish, glue, found nail polish and markers Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC I am a long time NDIS participant and art helps me in my life. I come from Newcastle where I still live. Art for me connects people and breaks down barriers. Plus the main thing is I enjoy doing it and people are surprised what I can do, and they look at my art they don’t see a disability they see possibilities. |
I have been collecting stuff since I was three year old, and this project is giving me a chance to utilize the materials I have been collecting which has been a big issue for me in my life. I am inspired that I can now use my art to communicate ideas and talk about both fun and serious subjects. The thing I like most about this project is the happiness I get from it and the reaction I get from people who enjoy my work. Exhibiting would give me a platform to show people my work and tell my story. It is a long term goal of mine to share my work and ideas with my local community. I also want to explore ideas of transformation with my own ideas and journey.
Every year Australia consumes about 3.5 tonnes of plastic and only approximately 12.4% of this plastic is recycled. On average Australians discard 130 kg of plastic per capita. Research suggests that every year 130,000 tons of plastic waste ends up in our marine environments.
People just don’t know this and maybe they don’t want to know this, so I am making this work to draw attention to the problem with plastic. Plastic gets into the food chain and is oil based and is not biodegradable. It can take between 20 to 500 years for plastic to decompose. I used to work grinding up plastic for Oak industries for recycling plastic. Not enough is being done to recycle plastic and I find this very hard to understand why.
People just don’t know this and maybe they don’t want to know this, so I am making this work to draw attention to the problem with plastic. Plastic gets into the food chain and is oil based and is not biodegradable. It can take between 20 to 500 years for plastic to decompose. I used to work grinding up plastic for Oak industries for recycling plastic. Not enough is being done to recycle plastic and I find this very hard to understand why.
My exhibition proposal ‘Recycled Monster Art’ is inspired by the plastic I find and collect lying around on the streets in Newcastle, Maitland and on the Central Coast. This plastic rubbish I collect would otherwise end up in the oceans. I collect and organize and categorize these items. I take apart tv’s, printers, computers, coffee machines, photo copiers and general household plastic rubbish that has not been disposed of properly. With this plastic rubbish I create playful, funny and an ever growing family monsters! The possibilities are endless and I like finding surprising connections between the materials I am using. While this is happy and fun process, it is also about the monstrosity of the plastic problem.
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Di Powell
Junk Hangar Wood, metal, seeds, pottery, insulator, wire Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale Sculptural junk arranged on an oak Singer sewing machine lid. |
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Diana Boyd
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Gemma Kirschner
Gone to Waste Newspaper, cardboard, phonebooks, watercolour, acrylic and pencil Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale Gone to Waste is a papier-mache sculpture created to show the impact and scale of food waste in Australia. If you know someone in the food industry, you have probably heard the tales of mountains of perfectly good food being thrown out in the name of profit or ease. Maybe you have some vegetables at the back of your fridge that you have forgotten about, or perhaps the compost is eating a quarter of your weekly groceries. According to the Department of Climate Change, Australians waste around 7.6 million tonnes of food. This equals about 312kg per person per year. Food waste is preventable. If we take action, even in small ways, we can drastically decrease the amount of food we let go to waste. |
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Grace Seaman
Mayzie La Bird Foil, paper mache, discarded wire Price and sale contact TBC Hi! I'm Grace, and this is my paper mache bird, inspired by the sassy and fabulous Mayzie La Bird from Seussical. Just like Mayzie, my bird loves to be the center of attention! I made it using shredded paper, tin foil, and discarded wire, all recycled to help keep our world clean. My bird lives in its own special tree, just like Mayzie, and it's always ready to show off its colorful feathers and say, "Enough about you. Let's talk about me!" I hope you enjoy my creation as much as I enjoyed making it! |
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Jenski Dangerfield
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Jo Lane
Daily stuff and deadly stuff Materials TBC Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale |
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Lee Seaman - AKA You Give Me Grace
Back to School Shredded office paper turned into paper mache, cardboard boxes, egg cartons, cereal boxes Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale My artwork was born from a desire to create more and buy less. I’m all about making anything I want for my home using recycled materials, especially paper mache. This quirky pot plant holder came to life using egg cartons, cereal boxes, Amazon boxes, and shredded office paper, all whipped up into my special paper mache recipe. My favourite part? It's 100% recycled (except for the glue and paint), meaning all those materials avoided the trash. Plus, the finished surface is so tactile and inviting—you just can’t resist touching it! |
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Madeline and Amy Reeves
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Milene Matter
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Pam Garfoot
Vintage wrap collage Scrap vintage wrapping paper, glue, gloss finish, used canvas, acrylic paint Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale Several years ago, when sorting through household items at my later mother's house, I came across a box of old gift wrap paper, mostly dating from the 1960s. I did not want to throw the paper out but hung on to it until this year when I decided to produce a collage from the Christmas wraps. I selected paper to fit with a Christmas 'feel', as well as some of the pieces with greetings to family members. This is a nostalgia piece. |
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Racquel Ayerst
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Rebecca Paris
Tattered Butterflies Acrylic paint, packaging materials, gel plate printed elements on recycled packaging, old books Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC My piece is called "Tattered Butterflys" I was inspired by the impact our environment is having on our ecosystems, both by human intervention and waste products. Growing up I would see butterflys everywhere but now they are a rare visitor to my garden. The butterflys reflect a more visible impact but hopefully still captures beauty. I hope it takes you on a journey. |
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Repair It Lake Mac
Dandelion Love Old bed sheets which have been dyed with Eucalyptus leaves. Stuffed with leftover fabric scraps from our Repair Cafe events and some odd clean socks. Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC The Dandelion Family was created from using clean fabric scrap, household textiles and clothing that would usually to go into landfill. This project embraces a slow approach to fibre art, all hand stitched and embroidered with cottons donated to Repair It Lake Mac. |
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St Mary's Warners Bay - Year 3
Tall Tales Paper cup, tin foil, crepe paper Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale We are the young artists from St. Mary's Primary School, and we’re excited to share our 3D giraffe sculptures with you! Using simple materials like paper cups, tin foil, and tissue paper, we’ve transformed what could have been trash into something creative and fun. Our project shows that you don’t need expensive supplies to make art—just a little imagination and the willingness to see the potential in everyday items. By turning these ordinary materials into extraordinary giraffes, we learned that art is all around us, waiting to be discovered. We hope our work inspires you to look at the world differently and find beauty in the unexpected! |
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Sustainable Play Preschool
Hopeful (Tiny minds big impact) Cardboard, coloured paper, old tyre, rubbish Exhibiting at TBC Not for sale Inspired by a native American proverb we decided that we wanted to make a big impact to our future so that we don't inherit a world full of waste and landfill. The children have the power to pass on a different kind of crown, one that is filled with an abundance of life and hope for the future. |
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The Salvage Sea Collective - Quinn, Grace, Gaye, Kel, Lee
Squidward Pool noodle, rubber seals, Milo cereal box, plastic bag, orange net bag, corks, plastic council pick covers, knitting needles, wood, metal tray, bread tag and many more Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC "Squidward" is a collaborative artwork created from recycled goodies and trash, including knitting needles, broken pool noodles, and plastic bags. Our underwater scene shows a squid swimming up to the surface, symbolizing the delicate balance of life beneath the waves. The message behind "Squidward" is simple but powerful: think before you throw anything away. Every piece of trash has the potential to end up in the ocean, where it can harm living creatures. By using discarded materials to create this artwork, we hope to inspire others to see the value in what might otherwise be thrown away and to consider the impact of their actions on the environment. Let's work together to protect our oceans and the incredible life within them. |
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Victoria Byrne
Can you see the frog? Materials TBC Exhibiting at TBC Price and sale contact TBC |
