ECO ART

aurora robson makes art from recycled materials

Robson’s work uses recycled materials to such an extent that she now enjoys receiving junk mail because it gives her new material to create her work. “The language and costly graphic devices and fancy printing used in junk mail gives it a persuasive, positive and personal flavor, making it great fodder for my work. My practice is ultimately about recognizing and embracing new possibilities and encouraging others to do the same,” she writes in her artist’s statement. Some of her more memorable pieces involve plastic bottles carved, cut and twisted into romantic, unrecognizable forms. Like the best artists working with recycled materials, Robson makes the trash she works with a thing of beauty and mystery.


Read more: ECO ART: Aurora Robson Recycled Plastic Sculptures | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 

Yuken Teryua‘s work proves that discarded everyday objects can be re-invented into something elegant and beautiful. The Japanese artist crafts toilet paper rolls with a level of detail so that they adopt a new identity as delicately sculpted pieces — reminiscent of columnar wind chimes intertwined in the branches of a tree. The Japanese artist has also used shopping bags and old pizza boxes in his collection of work that uses recycled materials to defy the defined roles of these objects.

Read more: ECO ART: Toilet Paper Roll Cut-Outs | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 




i like the first work by aurora robson, it shows a horse(black) and something like a huge cat (leopard? cheetah?)(white) coming out from the wall!! at first i wanted to do this for my coursework, an animal coming out from the canvas, it's pretty cool right? but then after trying out with paper and wires i realised im not exactly good with sculpture.. haha plus i dont know how the work is gonna be placed on the canvas, i guess it would be a tad too heavy for the canvas? anyway i gave up on that idea pretty fast but am still fascinated by her works. i wanna do art like this too!! it looks fun, imagine creating nothing out of something! even though its made of hard plastic, robson managed to capture the animal's movements. the sculpture also looks like the animal's veins, arteries, organs. its as if the animal's skin is stripped. maybe its how inconsiderate behaviours that harm the environment affect the animals, it's as if the animal is gradually being killed/coming apart. well thats my own interpretation 

the second work by her looks like a seahorse, forgot what breed its called but it blends in well wit the seaweed, maybe it has a word dragon in its name, okay nevermind. its ambiguous shape with minimal details allows us to interpret it in anyway we want. i like this kind of art whereby there is no fixed interpretation of the work. it can just be a light! eco light!!! haha. oh theres this video that i came across, eco light : here it is



its so smart!!!!!!!! something like this can easily be an artwork too! imagine an area filled with such lights!!!




the third work is by yuken teryua. I WANNA PUT THIS IN MY HOUSE NEXT TIME! its so pretty!!! maybe chia wei can try something like this since her coursework's on paper cutting. what a great way to reuse used toilet paper rolls!!! the branches are rather thin and delicate though, it looks like it will break easily -> fragility of nature? haha it gives a sense of tranquility too (to me, maybe not to others) its simple yet pretty!!


on a side note is it a must for artworks to have meanings behind them? i dont mind an artwork with no meaning, its kind of interesting in a way its made without a substantial meaning behind it. its like free and easy
edit:/ i guess it would be better that an artwork has meanings cause i want to know about other people's work's meaning.