Plastic Boxes as Art
A teacher gave his sculpture students an assignment. Create a piece using only one kind of material. Some students chose to use wood, others saran wrap, and one student chose to use plastic. This particular student was an environmentalist and wanted to show how plastic, a reusable material can be used in homes across the country and still be beautiful. The student started off taking several plastic boxes and stacking them up to create a frame-like structure. Three sides of this room she filled in, but the fourth side was left open so that people could look in, or walk around and enjoy her work. The plastic was semi transparent, and created a mysterious but light atmosphere within the box.
She set up a dining room like atmosphere with a plastic table, and chairs, paired with plastic flowers in a plastic vase. She had a diecast display cases made of plastic, displaying more plastic plates and silverware. One the table she placed a plate with glass holder filled with plastic cups. She decorated the walls with plastic picture frames.
When she was finished, her teacher walked through and admired her work. She had managed to make an entire room out of plastic. The odd thing was, although it was slightly monochromatic with bright blasts of color, it looked like a normal house. The student, with her art, had made a statement. Recycling can be beautiful. And it is not impossible to have a nice homemade art made out of completely recyclable material.