Wednesday 21 October 2009

Plastic detritus never looked so good


Remarkable - what a trained artist can construct with up to 3 000 pieces of discarded plastic toys (and no doubt a ridiculous amount of time!) Hats off to Robert Bradford for having the patience, training and aptitude to capture a moment of contemporary culture sourcing materials from local salvage stores, his kids toybox and numerous other locations, whilst keeping the plastic out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. (Check out David de Rothschild's adventure aboard the Plastiki, raising awareness about this issue.) It's certainly no mean feat to build a pony life size or larger from such tiny itty bits we wish would just all go away.
Thanks to The Cool Hunter, for keeping us up to speed.

Friday 9 October 2009

Things are going swimmingly (finds from NZ)


Martin Adlington ("Gone Fishing, Back after lunch")
from recycled, found on the local beach & repurposed materials
constructed with a little lateral thinking and a sense of humour. More please!