We are very pleased to announce the 2022 Waste 2 Art People’s Choice award Winners…

And it’s a tie!

Frank Denis and Alan Stanger tied for this year’s people’s choice award, congratulations!

Frank Denis – I see you 

With the support of my Ancestors, I reject other’s prejudice. I refuse to be held back by the limitations of others.

Inspired by a charcoal drawing, I saw this old, ripped fly screen as a tonal drawing with the tears as highlights. Amazing what a few cuts can produce. I’ve combined my love of woodwork using scrap timber to make the frame.

Alan Stanger – Binfluenced

Ibis foraging through bins have become so commonplace in our cities and towns that this unusual bird has been given the comical nickname The Bin Chook.

These Australian native birds have migrated into our cities and towns as the concrete jungle marches on destroying their native habitat. Once using their long beaks to extract insects from wetlands they are now forced to adapt by upskilling those same beaks to open bins and pierce garbage bags in order to survive.

They are seen by many as smelly, dirty scavengers but to me they are a symbol of nature’s endurance and its amazing ability to adapt as humans continue to erase the natural environment due to overpopulation and urban sprawl.

I have created this piece in the hope that people stop seeing the Ibis as an ugly part of nature but instead look further to see an ugly side of humanity.

PLASTIC DOESN’T GROW ON TREES…

is the Overall Winning artwork for 2022 Waste 2 Art.

Heather Snitch from Bathurst made this amazing tree from plastic bags. Congratulations on the win!

 Heather Snitch             Plastic Doesn’t Grow On Trees

Category: Community 3 Dimensional

This piece was made using bread bags, I crocheted with yarn made of strips cut from bread bags. No waste was generated as the offcuts that I could not use were used as stuffing. The only new material was a bit of wood for the frame inside, it needed to be stabilised to stand up like a tree. I have never crocheted a 3D tree, so the whole way along I did not know how it would turn out. I am incredibly pleased with it. The organic shape came out beautifully. I needed hundreds of bread bags. Each crochet row from the base of the tree is a new bag. I sourced these from friends and colleagues, as well as my own household.

We are very pleased to announce the 2022 Waste 2 Art Winners below

We are excited to let you all know that Soft Plastic is the 2022 theme.

This includes but isn’t limited to single use soft plastic. And as always, the theme is not compulsory. So gather your waste, be inspired and get making!

We would like to send a big thank you to Outback Arts for hosting the 2021 Waste 2 Art exhibition and Coonamble Shire Council for their assistance and hospitality. Unfortunately Covid did create some challenges for workshops and limited gallery hours but it never dampened the enthusiasm and commitment from this great team. There are so many fantastic artworks on display which you can check out online HERE.