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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

By  Michelle Reader 2015

Dimensions
63 x 46 x 25cm

A portrait bust of Hugh Fearnley'Whittingstall created from relevant waste materials including cutlery, food magazines and newspaper supplements, and food packaging. The stand is a wheelie bin wheel. The sculpture was created to accompany Hugh's appearance on The One Show in November 2015, to promote his TV programme 'War on Waste'.
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