For this piece, I worked with the Peace College Wellness Center to create an installation for their theme “Healthy Body, Healthy World, Healthy Mind”. After seeing the amount of plastic bottles and cans that are used on a daily basis, I decided to design a piece that would show this large number. Rather than simply putting a recycling symbol on a piece of paper, I wanted to actually use the recyclable items to deliver the message. The goals of this project were to encourage recycling through art, promote sustainable behavior and provoke thought by turning a common, recognizable symbol into a piece of art. With the help of the campus as well as family and friends, I collected all the bottle tops and can tabs over a month. The final piece is created with 783 bottle tops and 467 can tabs.
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