Framed streetcombed plastic waste (various original designs)
Waste plastic carefully cleaned and arranged in a box frame. What was discarded has been elevated through care and attention.
Streetcombing is similar to the better-known beachcombing but takes place in urban areas. The colourful pieces of plastic in this collage were collected from the city streets near my home in Norwich, UK, before being carefully cleaned, sorted and prepared to use as art materials.
Each piece of plastic was discarded or lost and littering the city. Each individual item has its own story, its own history. At first glance an aesthetically appealing pattern, on looking closer some pieces are recognisable, others broken fragments, prompting thought on what we use and what we throw away.
Large framed size - 41.5 x 41.5cm
Medium framed size - 30 x 30cm