ART NEWS
Art News As part of Sustainability Week, three Art students created a ‘Recycled Art Sculptures’ exhibition using recycled/re-purposed materials. We were delighted to see artworks by Molly Thornton and Marianna Pafitis (Upper Sixth), and Mila Schenk (Fifth Form). Tree Ring Mobiles by Molly Thornton I wanted to use 100% recycled materials for my work, raising awareness about the global issue of climate change; I think it’s important that we, as artists, are mindful of the materials we use, their origin and the amount we throw away. For this project I focused on deforestation, re-using cardboard to evoke the shape of natural ring lines in trees. Forest loss and deforestation is the cause of about 20% of global warming. Trees utilise greenhouse gases, acting as a balancing agent, especially helping to mitigate toxic greenhouse gas emissions; when forests are cut down, removed, or burnt, they become carbon sources, effectively releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. By using single sheets of cardboard I was able to draw the contour lines and cut out each individual ring. I then inserted a metal wire through the centre and opened out each ring, turning them into three-dimensional mobiles. I thought about the structure as a globe, symbolic of the fact that deforestation is something that affects us all, and we can all do our part through buying more sustainably and being more mindful of our waste.
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