Carolyn Cardinet: Visual Art Blog

First day Gleaning and harvesting the plastic trash found on the streets around my new studio Discovering my new surroundings, I walked for 1.1/2hour and have gathered a promising amount of found plastics objects.Such as: Black: Agi pipe Straw Take away coffee lid Window Rubber Shoe bow Corners Rubber Fork White: Packaging Straps Fork Straws Bottle Lid Mc Donald's drink cup lids Take Away coffee lids Industrial lid

There it is the dismantling of a 3 weeks show and we are please and feel that the exhibition Regurgitate. It certainly allowed people to enter our realm of interest, in pausing, for a moment, their thoughts to things they may not have seen, thought of ... or were indifferent to All plastic items in the show were found on the beach Human indifference is the worse thing that can happen and in a way that is  where we have come to in this super fast world The oceans are polluted by our plastic and consumer waste that will never disappear .... until.....  we take responsibility in  create recycling plants through out the world but first thing first,  How about in Australia!!! We need to use less plastic and replace it with items that are made of metal or glass  and that are recyclable  Painting on canvas behind mobile of purified bottles utilised by drug addicts Spoons and lids from drink pop-up bottles And the more...

On the beach as we pick up all sorts of stuff people come to us and ask us what we do It is a great way to spread the awareness of the 'contagious plastic' and may be they will also do something about it!.....One can only hope! This is a pile of rubbish in our beautiful St Kilda foreshore after a wild weekend One can see the St Kilda Pier and St Kilda Baths in the distance A walker said this morning: 'Oh the beach is really dirty this morning!' My response to her was: 'Yes the cleaning truck hasn't been as yet' How can people be so oblivious to their own environment After sifting through the muck Home for cleaning the plastic colour lids This is what is there everyday in the sand

I have made a list of what I found and recognisable to date on the beach Objets trouves – Melbourne Beach 2012 - Plastic Only Lego Yogi bear Straw Barbie shoe Mc Donald straw Barbie bag Cap Net Lid Rope Ball Peg Tennis ball Party popper Bouncing ball Cup Syringe cap Plate Soya sauce cap Comb Bottle cap Lolly Pop stick Coke cap Handle Soft drink cap Balloon Water bottle cap Masking tape Milk Bottle Tape Spray paint cap Biro Take away coffee lid Biro cap Nozzle Bottle stopper Ties Toy car Tag Toy character Tent picket Ice cream container Wheel Spoon Container Knife Plant container Fork Dessert container Yakult bottle Construction cap More stra...

This morning was I thought unrevealing that was till I came back and emptied my bag, close to 50 straws (mainly white) were found after the rubbish truck picked up most of the debris washed on shore last weekend. Q: Can you recognise the brand that gives this kind of straws with each of their soft drinks? On the other side of the beach my dear friend also picked up rubbish for me and her comment were lots of red rubber band this morning on the beach. Other items that were more prominent this morning were cigarettes butts which made their way directly to the rubbish bin  My mistake as I couldn't think of a satisfactory smell operated piece to make