1000 Lighters recycling project. 2016. 1000 plastic lighters were found on beaches and collected over several months in Cape Town, South Africa. They were de-gassed, dis-assembled, cleaned and then re-constructed into 4 separarate projects. 1) A Giant Lighters Light. For more information see section: PLASTIC BEACHES: Giant Lighters Project.
2) A Water Wheel. 2016. Part of the 1000 Lighter recycling project. See PLASTIC BEACHES: Giant Lighters Project for more photos and info.
Close up of concentric “water wheel” made from filaments found inside plastic lighters, producing a sound like that of trickling water.
3) Lighter Head Spiral. 2016. The heads of lighters arranged into spirals. See PLASTIC BEACHES: Giant Lighters Project for more photos and info.
4) Tapestry. 2016. Levers and screw components from 1000 lighters arranged into tapestry. For more info see PLASTIC BEACHES: Giant Lighters Project for more photos and info.
During the period between 2006 and 2016 thousands of photos of plastic were taken on beaches or coastlines in several countries. The plastic was always removed from the beach. This was part of a website project called plasticbeaches.com: to both hightlight and involve the public in collecting plastic off beaches. The website launched in 2008. See PB: Photos for more examples of photos taken.
Blombos, South Africa. Google sign made with beach plastic. 2013. Different assemblies of Google were created here at Blombos - the site where the very first human artwork was discovered. See PB: Photos for more.
Plastic assembly. 2013. Hundreds of little plastic arrangements such as these were created for the plasticbeaches.com web project. See PB: Photos for more.
Ontopalotiputs. 2011. Plastic assembly. An important part of the series was naming each sculpture or assembly. See PB: Photos for more.
Lisboetas. 2011. Lisbon, Portugal.
Evolution of the Fish. 2014. Ballinskelligs, Ireland. Some photos work as a series. See more in PB: Photos.
2011. Still Life inanimate series of ocean plastic sculptures taken in situ and manipulated digitally. Created between 2008 and 2017. See PB: Still Life, for more examples.
see PB: Still Life for more examples in the series.
Plastic Beaches Still Life series. See PB: Still Life for more examples.
2014. Flat Cat animal series created using beach plastic: “Animals with soul but no body”. See more at PB: Flatcat series
Crab Dog light series. 2007. See more designs at PB: Design.
Crab Dog light series. 2007. See more designs at PB: Design.
Hinged-vertebra design. 2014/2015. Responding to PET bottle waste, the objective was to design for repurpose. Here a light contorts with a giraffe-like stem. See more at PB: PET bottle project.
Hinged-vertebra design. 2014/2015. Cut PET bottles arranged into a circle held together centrally with elasticated chord. This original design with potential wider application, was put forward for patent in 2015. This was an early prototype. See more at PB: PET bottle project.
Windscreen Wiper and Glass diptych. Valencia, Spain. 2020 - 2021. Two large complimentary outdoor installations using car windscreen wiper rubber and windscreen glass waste found at informal dumping ground. For more see: Land Art with Waste.
Digital composite made from fabric waste materials found at informal dump site. Valencia, Spain. 2019-2020. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Large scale composite made from fabric waste materials found at informal dump site. Valencia, Spain. 2019-2020. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Ear bud stick composition. 2019. Valencia, Spain. Sticks retrieved from Pinedo beach. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Tapestry. Valencia, Spain. 2019 - 2020. Materials of the same colour and type arranged into unique spheres, then combined into a composite. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Tapestry. Valencia, Spain. 2019 - 2020. Materials of the same colour and type arranged into unique spheres, then combined into a composite. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Incidental land art composition made from found waste objects at informal dump site. Valecia, Spain, 2018 - 2022. See more at Land Art with Waste.
13 Car Pile Up. Valencia, Spain. 2021. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Stacks of Cupboard space. 2021. Valencia, Spain. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Incidental land art composition in huertas (vegetable growing areas) surrounding Valencia, Spain. 2020/1. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Incidental land art composition. Valencia, Spain. 2021. See more at Land Art with Waste.
Arroz Integral. 2020 - 2022. Series of household packaging items re-arranged into collages. References to the original branding and marketing excised. See more at: Packaging Re-arrangements.
Chocolate. 2020. See more at: Packaging Re-arrangements.
Man at the End of Black River. 2013 -2017. Cape Town, South Africa. Documentary filmed over 4 years, follows man living under bridge on polluted river. See more: Black River project.
Man at the End of Black River. 2013 -2017. Cape Town, South Africa. Documentary filmed over 4 years, follows man living under bridge on polluted river. See more: Black River project.
Man at the End of Black River. 2013 -2017. Cape Town, South Africa. Documentary filmed over 4 years, follows man living under bridge on polluted river. See more: Black River project.
Book Strata. 2018. See more at: PB: Design.
Prototype design fro Vertical Access Wind Turbine (VAWT) made from PET bottle. 2007. A Savonius (VAWT) with a curved tail wing to orient a frontal guard portion to speed up rotating bottle. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Original Darrieus (VAWT) design made from a plastic barrel found on a beach. 2012. Copper coils with magnets below spinning VAWT produce electricity. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Lamp made from beach plastic. 2014. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Prototype for beach plastic lightwave. 2014. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Structure for Lightwave in studio. 2014. Rubber poles with plastic lamps made from beach plastic. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Lightwave at night, Afrika Burn. 2014. See more at PB: Lightwave project.
Wave of beach plastic Light motion created by windturbine generating electricty to power windscreen wiper arm as well as light up the lamps. Afrika Burn. 2014.
Vacant land near Valencia has become an informal dumping ground for people’s waste.
A collage of waste objects was contructed over several days, covered over at night with larger waste items, so that it wouldn’t be disturbed and the construction could continue.
Overlooking the site is a factory called Puertas Cubells who’s business has been manufacturing for close to 100 years.
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