Visual Arts
In Year 10, Sculpture students have undertaken a unit looking at sustainability and environmental artists. Students created artworks using reclaimed materials that communicated messages of environmental and sustainable issues.
Please have a look at some of the artwork and meanings below.
Artwork: Vagues d'inquiétude
Artist: Phoebe Bolton
The sculpture "Vagues d'inquiétude," often called "Waves of Worry," is a reflection on the pollution problem affecting Mauritius. Since I am partially Mauritian, it deeply bothers me to see how such a beautiful island can be treated, so this artwork holds a very particular place in my heart.
Artwork: Move to zero
Artist: Chelsea Nguyen
My sculpture “Move to Zero” is a cardboard recreation of a Nike Air Force 1 sneaker. The materials I used were reclaimed cardboard, reclaimed cushion stuffing and hot glue. The name of my sculpture “Move to Zero” emulates the movement of sneakers or fashion, in general, to be more environmentally friendly and try to overturn companies using unsustainable materials.
Artwork: Bosque
Artist: Li Sze Man Lin
"Bosque" means "forest" in Spanish. The reason why it was named this was that the word “guitar” was first called in Spain. My inspiration to create this sculpture was about taking care of this environment, nature and also sustainability. As guitars are made from trees, especially Mahogany and as time goes it can really put those types of trees endangered.
Artwork: Shù
Artist: Grace Fernandes
My sustainable artwork ‘Shù’ was created using reclaimed cardboard, a shoe box, old pages of a book, and scrap paper. It was put together to emphasize the false idea versus the reality of our planet and our trees as a result of our large consumption rates. The words on the trees from the old pages of a book were placed to signify our old trees which hold many stories from across the decades and centuries that are being killed or dying.
Artwork: Maree Noire
Artist: Brooklyn Holloway
My sculpture, Marée Noire features a marine otter covered in an oil spill. I created it out of reclaimed materials that I found around school and my house. Otters are losing their homes because of oil dumping, particularly off the coast of Alaska and the oil causes oceans to be inhabitable for the little Mustelids. It coats their fur and causes it to mat which limits insulation and leaves them to suffer and die from hypothermia.
Artist: Joyce Chan
My artwork named, ‘Negligence’ is a story of how humans have dominated earth, making use of whatever is left on earth which is destroying our nature as we will eventually run out of materials or increase the risk of living things becoming extinct. This artwork was an act of spreading awareness to those who are uneducated about our careless acts which could be small but have a large impact. For example not throwing recyclable objects into the recycling bin or the excessive use of plastic. Though there are other issues like excessive emissions of carbon from fossil fuels and deforestation.
Artwork: Sustainable living
Artist: Chelsea Truong
My sculpture is of a two-story house with a sunny pergola and a roof full of solar panels. One of the things I am communicating in my sculpture is that living sustainability contributes to the preservation of the environment for coming generations. I observe and understand how our lifestyle choices affect the environment and figure out ways for everyone to live better.
Artwork: Tree
Artist: Maria Nguyen
I produced the idea of a singular tree that had 2 sides, one where it is alive and vibrant whereas the other is dull and dead. I came up with this idea when I was driving to school, looking through the view passing by trees. I noticed the large difference between the colour and size of a dying tree and a living tree. Which led to my decision of constructing a tree with two sides that displays the outcomes of maintaining a tree’s well-being and appearance.