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Bellyful of plastic

This piece was commissioned by the Port of London Authority as part of their Cleaner Thames campaign. I collected waste from the driftwood collectors on the river and from Grays beach during a clean-up day with Thames 21. The sculpture is made from the waste collected and represents a school of Smelt, a type of fish which has been proven to ingest plastics from the river bed.
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Duck

Recycled sculpture. One of two large kinetic sculptures produced during 'Art of Waste', a Year of the Artist residency. A makeshift studio was set up in a shipping container at Freeman's Common Community Recycling Centre, and the sculptures were made from objects sourced from the household waste available at the site.

Art of Waste

Self Portrait

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