The young zero waste artists created a sea of fish made from micro plastics. They attended a workshop with me where we not only explored their findings from the beach at Magnetic island, but sorted them and traded them to create their own fish. After the workshop, I soaked and vitamised the egg cartons (which we used to sort their microplastics with tweezers). I then created rocks with the papermache and used their left overs to create algae and corals. I sewed their fish to the plastic curtain after I painted the water background. Then I glued the egg cartons (rocks) to the plastic. We hung the plastic with a piece of bamboo from a friends garden after I handstitched the hem.
All children participated in an environmental quiz and selected one of 17 questions for their Xmas cards.
These pictures are of the childrens private opening with families which was held separate to the larger exhibition, “Don’t waste Xmas”. For more details go to zero waste on magnetic island Facebook page.