“It began with a curiosity into how I could transform general everyday waste plastic into a new material through alternative processing methods,” she explained the idea behind her line of furniture in an interview with Upcyclist. “I shifted from looking at everyday plastics and decided to focus on industrial waste streams, as I hoped for scalability and more unexpected material inputs.”

With a hands-on approach, Kidger went on to explore the possibilities of using secondary raw materials to create innovative and exciting new outcomes with a core focus on materiality. Using a wide range of traditional techniques and processes, her materials are reengineered and revalued to reveal their future potential and use.

“Each piece has a balance between form and function and can be perceived by the viewer as pieces of art or functional products,” says Kidger. They also make for a pretty powerful statement regarding our use and misuse of plastic waste.

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A founding artist of Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers, and architects who also work extensively with plastic debris, Robson has been developing a college course called “Sculpture + Intercepting the Waste Stream” designed to foster creative stewardship initiatives through academia.

“My goal is to employ art as a device for shifting values,” she shared in an interview with Artnet. “As opposed to merely communicating, I am attempting to literally reprogram myself and my audience in terms of our relationship to matter, ourselves, and each other.”

“I want my work to be an accurate reflection of reality, but waste is messy,” she admits. “I aim for precision in the work. In order to achieve that precision, my studio must be carefully prepared. I listen to news and information on various programs for a portion of the day so that I can stay informed. Then for the remainder of the day, I typically play energetic or meditative, innovative music to aid in processing information and maintaining creative momentum.”

The end result is both striking and alarming. A wakeup call, if you ever needed one, about the state of our oceans.

The post Aurora Robson Repurposes Plastic Waste – and the Result is Alarming appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“It began with a curiosity into how I could transform general everyday waste plastic into a new material through alternative processing methods,” she explained the idea behind her line of furniture in an interview with Upcyclist. “I shifted from looking at everyday plastics and decided to focus on industrial waste streams, as I hoped for scalability and more unexpected material inputs.”

With a hands-on approach, Kidger went on to explore the possibilities of using secondary raw materials to create innovative and exciting new outcomes with a core focus on materiality. Using a wide range of traditional techniques and processes, her materials are reengineered and revalued to reveal their future potential and use.

“Each piece has a balance between form and function and can be perceived by the viewer as pieces of art or functional products,” says Kidger. They also make for a pretty powerful statement regarding our use and misuse of plastic waste.

The post The Upcycled Furniture of Charlotte Kidger appeared first on MobiSpirit.

A founding artist of Project Vortex, an international collective of artists, designers, and architects who also work extensively with plastic debris, Robson has been developing a college course called “Sculpture + Intercepting the Waste Stream” designed to foster creative stewardship initiatives through academia.

“My goal is to employ art as a device for shifting values,” she shared in an interview with Artnet. “As opposed to merely communicating, I am attempting to literally reprogram myself and my audience in terms of our relationship to matter, ourselves, and each other.”

“I want my work to be an accurate reflection of reality, but waste is messy,” she admits. “I aim for precision in the work. In order to achieve that precision, my studio must be carefully prepared. I listen to news and information on various programs for a portion of the day so that I can stay informed. Then for the remainder of the day, I typically play energetic or meditative, innovative music to aid in processing information and maintaining creative momentum.”

The end result is both striking and alarming. A wakeup call, if you ever needed one, about the state of our oceans.

The post Aurora Robson Repurposes Plastic Waste – and the Result is Alarming appeared first on MobiSpirit.