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Miss Penny's Arty Stuff is a blog for artists. I aim to promote the many genres of the arts and share stories of interest and relevancy with an artistic community.

The photo above is of the Belabula River, Carcoar NSW where my family comes from.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Trashion Chic






I have further increased my interest in recycling, not only in my everyday attempts to make a smaller, more delicate mark on the earth but also in the use of materials (that are already in existence and generally a nuisance) in the creation of beautiful artworks. This has encouraged me to return to work on my creation "Trashion Chic" made from recycled supermarket shopping bags. I have further increased the use of tone, texture and design and (I believe) generally improved it.

The work involved in this piece is extremely labour intensive and therefore I cannot imagine creating many of this nature, however I would like to continue creating 'Trashion' and other wearable artworks from discarded materials. I would love to have a Trashion Exhibition one day!!

Trashion: a portmanteau of trash and fashion, coined in New Zealand in 2004 (source: Wikipedia)

4 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness Penny that dress is gorgeous. It's so eligant and feminine. You are amazingly clever.

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  2. Thanks Michelle, it's very encouraging to have you say such nice things. One can doubt themselves when working in a left-of-centre medium with a strong concept. I hope others will appreciate it. xx

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  3. How talented are you Penny? Just beautiful, I love your blog!

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  4. Thank you Esther. That is a heartwarming comment. X

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