CAS 16: Reflection - Recycling Art Project

Chelsey Hadeed
CAS Reflection
Art Recycling Project

Recycling Art Project

            Myself, and my three other classmates along with the guidance of our art teacher entered an art competition. The theme of the project was recycling from our beaches. We came up with the idea of creating an image of a beach using all recycled objects that we had found on the beaches in Antigua. We used a piece of cardboard that was approximately 8x6 ft, and sectioned it into 3 major areas – the sky, the sea and the sand. Using plastic bags, bottles, random toys found on the beach, and every possible form of garbage we could find we stuck them all over the cardboard.

            In the 3 main sections we divided up our recycled objects. Rope and plastic bags were used for the sky to help create the shape of the clouds and the movement in the sky. Circular bottle caps and covers were used for the sea and random objects were used for the sand. It was extremely interesting and fun to do but became very annoying and boring after a while. Sticking the objects in the same places and doing the same things it was rather irritating.

            Towards the end I got exciting to do the painting, and that became fun, although the paint STANK! We spent extra hours during the last week of school trying to paint everything. The painting was the hardest on the sand because all the different objects were sticking up and it was hard to get in every tiny crack. Two of my classmates got bored and stopped helping towards the end and it was me and another girl left to finish.

            I was always kind of worried about how it would turn out but the final product looked amazing, the colors, the shapes, and the image itself was so fascinating and interesting to look at. As a whole it looked fantastic and it came out way better then I expected. Besides the annoying work at times I am happy we completed it so well.