One of the department stores in Florence has a window display to rival Myers ... okay I am exaggerating just a little, but if you enjoy art with a difference check this out. These spectacular window displays are all made of recycled materials. The first few are constructed with parts of plastic bottles. Maybe I can inspire some of my arty friends to start collecting and get creating.
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Can you guess the number of plastic bottles that were cut to create this masterpiece? I wonder if they ended up with tendinitis from all of that scissor work.
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| The accompanying text explained how a community saved the bottles for this and that it represents the importance of people and communities linking and supporting each other. |
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| Just a few red pens have been sacrificed for this star. |
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| The plastic rings at the top of bottles provided these vivid colors |
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This was inspired by an ice cave with stalagmites and stalactites and all of those icy shades are paper from old books. (I hope those neck exercises are not getting too tedious. I will have to ask my computer guru for a further solution as his previous tip doesn't work. Computer gremlins rein supreme!)
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| A Christmas tree covered in snow? |
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| And a snow flake of recycled book paper. Wouldn't that be great on the front of Christmas cards? |
Very impressive and intricate and all the better protected behind glass away from idle hands. Reminds me of an Italian artist Lucia Usmiani who I worked with in Wynyard during Ten Days on the Island about 6 years ago. I collected 4000 600ml PET bottles. We cleaned and prepared them for an intallation beside the Post Office - called Clatter it resembled a giant jellyfish and would move in the wind causing quite a rattle.
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