Recycled Transformations

On the 9^th of December 2010, year 9 put on their first exhibition and it was a real success. Every student taking art GCSE in year 9 produced at least one piece using recycled materials. These materials ranged from tin cans, old toys and books to crisp packets, broken glass and even bandages. One unique and individual use of recycled materials was a dog sculpture made out of tea bags. This was effective because the proportions were accurate and every inch of the piece was covered in teabags of different shades of brown. Many people did dresses using crisp packets sewn together which looked very professional.

Another of my style of pieces was a 2d creation using the tape from inside a cassette. The students both made a face of celebrities by sketching the design onto a piece of cardboard and then covering the pencil lines in tape. I like the final touch they both added by putting the cassette they had used onto the final piece.

Our project from the past term has been very fun as well as being environmentally friendly. Instead of having sketch pads, one class used blogs which they could easily access on our minibooks to record their work. This enabled the teacher to comment on the work throughout the process of planning and creating pieces. The topic has also taught us that materials which would be thrown away can be made into something effective.