Two recycled penguins
I’ve been making penguins from random bits and pieces. Mostly empty paint tubs courtesy of Forest Recycling Project (via East London Community RePaint), but also tennis racquets, a kettle, light fittings, plastic bottles and coathangers and lots of other objects from reclamation yards and charity shops.
I made six in my studio with the [...]
Polystyrene hand
Originally uploaded by michelle3duk
I recently took part in a course for artists run by Emergency Exit Arts. They make giant puppets and create outdoor spectaculars with and for community groups, and are based in North Greenwich, London. I spent a day working with Tony Mason learning how to make puppet body parts [...]
Arts in the Park, originally uploaded by michelle3duk.
I created 3 sculptures of swimmers in the park this Sunday. This one is doing front crawl. The other two were a swimmer on a diving block about to dive, and a synchronised swimmer (only legs visible). I had lots of help from local children, [...]
Apple Juice Wallet, originally uploaded by michelle3duk.
The second workshop I tried out was this one, making wallets and bags out of juice cartons. The wallets are really quick and easy to make, bags more involved and complex. I had a few people making wallets, but only one handbag made on the day. It looked [...]
Mini-me boy and dog, originally uploaded by michelle3duk.
I tried out a couple of new workshop ideas this weekend. The first was making “mini-me” recycled models. I provided pre-prepared parts for the basic structure, and lots of scrap materials to bring them to life. This is one of the resulting pieces, a boy [...]
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