Carolyn Cardinet: Visual Art Blog

 Exhausted and very happy to have participated in Lorne Sculpturescape this year a massive weekend but so so rewarding to engage with the crowd and hear their thoughts responses and questions about the work for for anyone who didn't have the occasion to ask here is the cheat sheet or Fat Sheet: 1 strand is one 2 litre milk plastic bottle 250 bottle per branches 3 trees 5 branches 1200 bottles although I probably did cut 1500 as some didn't really make the cut for this work all bottle were cut by hand scissors were used at first then RSI injury led me to use a Stanley knife to finish this work it took 18 months to create this work this includes collecting, washing, removing the labels-plastic rings and plastic lids, the cutting & threading onto ropes

I will be installing my work ' Sensorial Falls' this Friday and Saturday for SculptureScape at Lorne Biennale this weekend. I have finished packing the enormous amount of white Polyethylene stands for this installation and will load my car to the brim to take it down early on Friday morning. Looking  forward to seeing you on the weekend!                                                              one bundle and 4 to go!

Organic Plastic My sculptural work is created from everyday man-made objects and materials from nature I glean and collect from my surroundings. My interest lays in reconnecting societies to the way we handle waste in our precious environment. All Welcome to the official opening Saturday 12th March 4-6pm at Wide Open Road Art cnr Hargraves & Mostyn St, Castlemaine for more details www.wideopenroadart.com for more info on artist www.CarolynCardinet.com

My new work Organic Plastic was successful at WORA it is available for viewing from Saturday 5 March 2016 Exhibition 5 March-1 April 2016

Here are some lovely photos taken by Sustainable Living Festival 2016 for the Great local lunch at Birrarungmar Mar Being involved again this year in this lunch event has been a delight especially working with Riki to produce a decoration that would bind packaging waste and organic matter for 200 guests. The brief was that each pieces would be In itself a message to create awareness about single-use packaging and a gift to our guests. A waste free lunch in a sense. It has been a very rewarding and eye opener experience to participate in this event. To be at the lunch and hear some of the great  sustainable steps of the growers themselves as well as the gourmet ideas that the chefs used on the day with the donated products to produce an innovative and absolutely delicious luncheon.  It was refreshing to hear passionate people talking about their own product and their love for their food. These ideas of organic production have germinated, grown and have come to life in the last ...

Some photo of a fabulously successful luncheon bringing growers and the public together congratulations Riki Eldensten for bringing this array of like minded people together today!

 Organic Plastic  Working away at completing works for The Castlemaine Arts Festival 'Organic Plastic' is a curated show in boxed framed white windows @ Wide Open Road Art (WORA) cnr Hargraves & Mostyn Sts from March 5th For a while I have been toying with this idea of framing together nature and found objects. I am slighlty (that is an understatement) exited by the prospect of seeing the works coming together and hung next month (March 5th) in Castlemaine Please come along for celebrating this exhibition Event                   Organic Plastic Dates                    5 March till 1 April 2016 Viewing times     Daytime Opening day        Saturday 12 March 4-6pm