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Making Recycled Penguins for London Zoo

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 [...]

Exhibitions in Walthamstow

I have a couple of exhibitions coming up.
The first is at the Changing Room Gallery in Lloyd Park, Walthamstow. It opens on Monday (17th August) and runs until the 23rd. A solo show of my recycled sculptures featuring The Mugridges. A recent commission for Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, The Mugridges are a family of [...]

Redshank Sculpture at London Wetland Centre

RedshankWWT
Originally uploaded by michelle3duk
This is the sculpture I made for the Recycled Sculpture Show at London Wetland Centre in Barnes. I used 3 types of venetian blind (wood, metal and plastic), plus lots of other recycled materials – e.g. shelf brackets for the beak, shower curtain hooks for the talons.
The exhibition is on until [...]

And the rabbit…

Rabbit, recycled scupture

Originally uploaded by michelle3duk

Here’s the other sculpture I made in Hong Kong. A 3 metre tall rabbit. Both this and the chicken were made for an Easter exhibition in a shopping mall. Materials for this one include newspapers, envelopes, leaflets, tissue paper, plastic bags, juice cartons, fabric and cardboard [...]

My Hong Kong chicken

Chicken, recycled scupture

Originally uploaded by michelle3duk

Here’s the recycled sculpture of a chicken I made for ‘apm’ shopping mall in Hong Kong. It’s approximately 2.8 metres tall. Materials include yellow pages phone directories, coffee tins, coffee cup lids, gloves, juice cartons, fabric, plastic bags and cardboard [...]

Easter Sculptures in Hong Kong

I’m off to Hong Kong on Sunday. I’ve been making some big recycled Easter-themed sculptures for a shopping mall there (called ‘apm’). A 10ft rabbit and 8ft chicken. They built the main body structures for me locally, and I’ve been making the smaller detail parts at my studio in Walthamstow – heads, feet, tails, skin…. [...]

Fox

Fox2, originally uploaded by michelle3duk.
I was at the Recycling and Waste Management exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham last week.
I was the only artist amongst lots of machinery and other recycling businesses.
I made this fox from scratch over the three days that I was [...]

Arts in the Park

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, [...]

Open Studios and Arts in the Park

Studio building on Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow
A few exhibitions coming up. This Sunday (24th August) I’m going to be at Arts in the Park, in Black Park, South Buckinghamshire. I’ll be making work on the day – swimmers made of junk! The event runs from 11am til 4pm.
Then, 12th to 14th September I have an Open [...]

Recycle Now Boy

Recycle Now Boy, originally uploaded by michelle3duk.
This is a sculpture I made for Merton Borough Council, for Recycle Now Week. He, and another sculpture of an adult woman, are loosely based on the Recycle Now cartoon characters. I made the adult figure in advance, and this one was made in a shopping centre [...]

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