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By the Sea / 4 of 5
Category: RE-act
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Title:
By the Sea / 4 of 5
By the Sea / 4 of 5
Author:
Wiebke Pandikow
Wiebke Pandikow
Category:
RE-act
RE-act
Description:
Since 2014 I have been working with plastic bags, developing a technique to turn used plastic bags into jewelry art with the help of a clothes iron and a soldering iron. This process happens by hand from start to finish and is very much grounded in the diligence and patience of traditional craftwork. While my work deals with the problems of plastic waste in general, I also want to show what is nonetheless possible with a material mostly discarded as waste. I strive to create something beautiful, to draw attention to something visually and tactilely pleasing in order to then reveal the material and the ecological weight attached to it, all the while questioning what makes something precious. With the diligence and time it takes to craft this 'waste' into jewelry art I want to draw attention to the material in general, its positive and negative aspects, and question how it is so often thoughtlessly misused. With these pictures, realized in 2016 with the help of photographer Mikko Joona and amazing volunteer models, I was able to build an overarching visual narrative for my pieces: I imagine a tribe of people living on an island, separated from the rest of the world. There, they make do with what they find on their shore. Maybe they don't realize that some of what they find is other people's waste or then they are swayed by the positive properties of the material – whatever it may be, they adorn themselves with precious things made from driftwood, stones and old plastic bags. To them, all of it is precious. As precious as it should be to us: a lot of energy and material has gone into creating plastics in the first place, and in general it is a versatile and useful material, much too precious to waste on disposable cutlery or plastic bags. Use it, and use it well and only where needed. And the most important thing: recycle!
Since 2014 I have been working with plastic bags, developing a technique to turn used plastic bags into jewelry art with the help of a clothes iron and a soldering iron. This process happens by hand from start to finish and is very much grounded in the diligence and patience of traditional craftwork. While my work deals with the problems of plastic waste in general, I also want to show what is nonetheless possible with a material mostly discarded as waste. I strive to create something beautiful, to draw attention to something visually and tactilely pleasing in order to then reveal the material and the ecological weight attached to it, all the while questioning what makes something precious. With the diligence and time it takes to craft this 'waste' into jewelry art I want to draw attention to the material in general, its positive and negative aspects, and question how it is so often thoughtlessly misused. With these pictures, realized in 2016 with the help of photographer Mikko Joona and amazing volunteer models, I was able to build an overarching visual narrative for my pieces: I imagine a tribe of people living on an island, separated from the rest of the world. There, they make do with what they find on their shore. Maybe they don't realize that some of what they find is other people's waste or then they are swayed by the positive properties of the material – whatever it may be, they adorn themselves with precious things made from driftwood, stones and old plastic bags. To them, all of it is precious. As precious as it should be to us: a lot of energy and material has gone into creating plastics in the first place, and in general it is a versatile and useful material, much too precious to waste on disposable cutlery or plastic bags. Use it, and use it well and only where needed. And the most important thing: recycle!
Description:
Since 2014 I have been working with plastic bags, developing a technique to turn used plastic bags into jewelry art with the help of a clothes iron and a soldering iron. This process happens by hand from start to finish and is very much grounded in the diligence and patience of traditional craftwork. While my work deals with the problems of plastic waste in general, I also want to show what is nonetheless possible with a material mostly discarded as waste. I strive to create something beautiful, to draw attention to something visually and tactilely pleasing in order to then reveal the material and the ecological weight attached to it, all the while questioning what makes something precious. With the diligence and time it takes to craft this 'waste' into jewelry art I want to draw attention to the material in general, its positive and negative aspects, and question how it is so often thoughtlessly misused. With these pictures, realized in 2016 with the help of photographer Mikko Joona and amazing volunteer models, I was able to build an overarching visual narrative for my pieces: I imagine a tribe of people living on an island, separated from the rest of the world. There, they make do with what they find on their shore. Maybe they don't realize that some of what they find is other people's waste or then they are swayed by the positive properties of the material – whatever it may be, they adorn themselves with precious things made from driftwood, stones and old plastic bags. To them, all of it is precious. As precious as it should be to us: a lot of energy and material has gone into creating plastics in the first place, and in general it is a versatile and useful material, much too precious to waste on disposable cutlery or plastic bags. Use it, and use it well and only where needed. And the most important thing: recycle!
Since 2014 I have been working with plastic bags, developing a technique to turn used plastic bags into jewelry art with the help of a clothes iron and a soldering iron. This process happens by hand from start to finish and is very much grounded in the diligence and patience of traditional craftwork. While my work deals with the problems of plastic waste in general, I also want to show what is nonetheless possible with a material mostly discarded as waste. I strive to create something beautiful, to draw attention to something visually and tactilely pleasing in order to then reveal the material and the ecological weight attached to it, all the while questioning what makes something precious. With the diligence and time it takes to craft this 'waste' into jewelry art I want to draw attention to the material in general, its positive and negative aspects, and question how it is so often thoughtlessly misused. With these pictures, realized in 2016 with the help of photographer Mikko Joona and amazing volunteer models, I was able to build an overarching visual narrative for my pieces: I imagine a tribe of people living on an island, separated from the rest of the world. There, they make do with what they find on their shore. Maybe they don't realize that some of what they find is other people's waste or then they are swayed by the positive properties of the material – whatever it may be, they adorn themselves with precious things made from driftwood, stones and old plastic bags. To them, all of it is precious. As precious as it should be to us: a lot of energy and material has gone into creating plastics in the first place, and in general it is a versatile and useful material, much too precious to waste on disposable cutlery or plastic bags. Use it, and use it well and only where needed. And the most important thing: recycle!
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