I
like seeing things that are made out of junk but with a bit of creativity
become others things – I’m sure it’s a type of up-cycling?
A whole heard of these were in the hotel reception when I checked into my Hotel in Reykjavik, Iceland earlier in the year. I was doing some really interesting work for the Icelandic Dyslexic Association.
Then
out in Chamonix (French
Alps) in the summer this was in the garden of the place I was staying at (well, actually I was sleeping in the garden – it was far to hot inside).
It
strikes me that creative sculptures like this could make a nice school project
and certainly liven up the school grounds. For a more expensive but equally
valid version you might also like to take a quick look at ‘Wild
in Art’ –
they do a mice range of mythical beasts and other animals that you can paint
and then put on display!
Hi Ollie
I think you might enjoy the work of Scottish artist, Mark Carr (aka Markus Karkus) who works with children and young people on all sorts of school grounds projects - here's one of his projects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6mAW8Pm-3I
On a similar theme, there are some other superb examples of kinetic sculptures that can be seen at the MAD (Mechanical Art & Design) museum in Stratford-upon-Avon inside and out. http://themadmuseum.co.uk
Posted by: Juliet@CreativeSTAR | December 31, 2012 at 03:52 PM