"Keet"

My first iteration for my art from trash project will be an Orca, Keet in Tlingit language, in Northern Northwest Coast formline design. The project was inspired by a drawing I found in one of my sketchbooks of an Orca designed by my teacher Wayne Price. From this, I began to twist and roll and squish together plastic bags, paper, some Styrofoam pieces, envelopes; chocolate bar wrappers, and whatever else I had that could fill voids. I am still collecting garbage from here and there and it feels good to know I'm making an artwork from what I've collected. Some, may be things that are considered recyclable, to be put back into market, and others predestined for landfills. But in this event, the items to be chosen by me will all be recycled into art.

As for a methodology, I will be using knead-able and hard items to collectively construct this Orca I have begun making. Masking tape has been the binder so far keeping the materials together in proper position. I tried a hot glue gun but that does not work well with Styrofoam or plastic, nor does crazy glue work for Styrofoam. So the bonding has been the primary job for the masking tape. When I have mapped out and constructed the form I'm aiming for I was thinking of using Tim Horton's cups to shell the Keet which will make it easier to paint afterwards. And regarding paint I think I will be using Acrylic paint or maybe some type of paint I find second hand and feel it to be suitable.

The first iteration will hopefully establish an appreciation for this new way of creating art for me. And I feel it will also lessen my guilty conscience for disposing to the steel bins.