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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 [...]

December 14th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Events, Public Sculpture, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling, Workshops | One comment

Recycled Christmas Decorations

Tin drum upcycled Christmas Decoration
I recently made some recycled Christmas decorations for Recycle Now.  These are now up on their website and feature on e-cards which you can send to your friends.
Here’s the link:  Recycle Now Christmas 09
The Recycle Now Christmas campaign is trying to make people aware of the waste created at Christmas and [...]

December 3rd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Art Techniques, Environmentalism, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycling | One comment

A recycled award

Recycled award
Originally uploaded by michelle3duk
I was asked to create an award by LCRN (London Community Resource Network) – their first ever award, for ‘Lifetime Achievement’, to be given to Cam Matheson. Amongst other things, Cam pioneered a scheme for the composting of food waste on the Nightingale Estate in Hackney.
This sculpture is about 30 [...]

October 26th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Awards, Recycled Art & Craft, Recycled Sculpture, Recycling | One comment

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 [...]

August 12th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Exhibitions | Leave a comment

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….  [...]

March 25th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Exhibitions, Public Sculpture, Recycled Sculpture, Work in Progress | Leave a comment