Were you picking up plastic with the intention of using it, or was it initially just to get it off the beach?
At the beginning, I was just going to take it to the local recycling centre at the tip. Then after I’d collected maybe five or ten of these jumbo bags I realised I could imagine using this stuff in some way that was artistic.
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I had no idea how I would use it, I’d never been a sculptor or remotely interested in working with found objects at all.
I never imagined I’d be going down that path. For me it was a huge surprise to end up working with these kinds of objects and in these creative ways.
