Bottle Tree
December 2022 – Great Yarmouth
Exhibited at the newly reopened Marina Centre on Great Yarmouth seafront in December 2022. The piece stood over 6 feet in height and was constructed out of hundreds of empty clear plastic water bottles. The piece was a thing of beauty, particularly after dark when the green light made the piece glow. It was also designed to draw attention to the huge amount of waste associated with the festive season. Many of the bottles used were sourced from the Yarmouth Bottle Ships installed along the coast by the Interreg 2 Seas FACET Project. These Bottle Ships were installed to prevent plastic bottles from polluting the ocean and beach.
The Wastesmiths project Precious Plastic East works to explore plastic as a precious resource, abundant in our communities, while also delivering education on the impact of plastic when it ends up in the wrong place.
Red Sky
May 2026 – The Guildhall, Norwich
A commission for the Norfolk & Norwich Festival 2026, this piece is installed in the festival box office at The Guildhall, Norwich. The piece was constructed by our Yarmouth volunteers out of hundreds of donated pieces of red plastic. The title ‘Red Sky’ is a reference to the delight and warning signalled by a red sky in the morning or at night. Plastic as a material can be a thing of delight, and with the growing research around the impact of plastic, a warning of the human impact in ecosystems too.
The Wastesmiths project Precious Plastic East works to explore plastic as a precious resource, abundant in our communities, while also delivering education on the impact of plastic when it ends up in the wrong place.
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