In December I put all the plastic bags I collected from charity shops, museums, supermarkets and the cheese shop inside one of the bags and stashed it under my work table with the idea that I am going to do a snapshot of the months in plastic over the year. Not exactly dining on plastic, more seasonal plastic. I wonder whether the attitude about plastic will change it, whether marketing, colour, size will change as the year wears on?
I love that the Waitrose bag had a winter theme and I chose to put some complete writing on this piece in case I decide to use it for something I am submitting to. It says holiday, winter, joyful abundance to me.
I worked in a furious sort of way following ideas one after the other for a day and half. These are not in order of making.
Having just spent a long time working mostly in an observational way, I enjoyed playing with all the same elements but in an inutitve and differently restricted way. Most of these are first drafts. I may free float them, put them on a surface and use paint to make them relate to their edge differently.
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'good plastic'?
And is there a male or female aesthetic in collage, in plastic?
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