Waste to Art Exhibition
STA Peoples’ Choice
The votes are in for the STA Peoples’ Choice Award.
Congratulations to Caleb Dyer for his gorgeous Bunny Bag. We have a three way tie for second place with Bob Teasdale, Claudia Bromley and Emma Dyer. Look out for their Stories from the Studio feature which we will publish in the coming weeks.
Artists represented in the exhibition are Al Phemister, Bill Dorman, Bob Teasdale, Caleb Dyer, Claudia Bromley, Cody Jones, Emma Dyer, Freya Jobbins, Jane Dyer, Jayley Jones, Jeane Mills, Narelle Noppert, Penny Simons, Rose Marin, Sally Waterford, Sara Phemister and the Art Kids, Susan Brindle, Vianca Maddumapatabendi and Willow Gumbley.
Check out the online gallery below.
Feel like getting creative? head over to STA kids for an art activity you can do anytime.
List of Works
Al Phemister
Worn to a Point
steel, Galvanised steel and carbide
$360 SML $780 LGE
Bill Dorman
Adrift
muntz metal sourced from the Goulburn Court House dome, hand formed sheet steel and copper.
$20,000
Highly commended – Open 18+
Bob Teasdale
2,3,4
reclaimed tensioning cable from Burrunjuck Dam wall, and reclaimed flat bar.
POA
Second Place STA Peoples’ Choice
Bob Teasdale
Four Winds
recycled flat bar, reclaimed Nissan springs
POA
Caleb Dyer
Bunny Bag
plastic bags, cardboard, tape, string, texta
NFA
Winner STA Peoples’ Choice
Highly commended – Junior 7-12′
Claudia Bromley
Rainbow Bee Eater
cardboard from food packaging, watercolour, fine line pens, scrap fabric, reclaimed picture frame
POA
Second Place STA Peoples’ Choice
Cody Jones
Learning From Dad
recycled toys on a felt layered mannequin head.
POA
Highly commended – Junior 7-12
Emma Dyer
Trash Bird
plastic bottle, rubbish collected from the side of the road, paper shopping bags, yarn, stick, paint (from an op shop), cardboard, tape
NFS
Second place STA Peoples’ Choice
Highly commended – Junior 7-12
Freya Jobbins
Circumference
discarded barbie, Ken and baby doll legs, arms,feet, toes and fingers. Re-used cake boards and mdf bases.
$700 sml, $1000 med & $1600 lge
2nd prize – open 18+
Freya Jobbins
FLOOR-ETTE
used ballet shoes, recycled round board
$500
Jane Dyer
Galaxy Jump
cardboard, clean paddle pop sticks, paint (from the op shop), hot glue
NFS
Highly commended – Junior 7-12
Jayley Jones
Susan
recycled materials dolls, toys, Christmas decorations.
POA
Winner – Junior 7-12
Jeane Mills
Revalued Bespoke Environmentalists
recycled bits and pieces of junk.
POA
Winner – open 18+
Narelle Noppert
Waste to Potting
recycled kitchen pot, used plumbing parts, pallet timber, old wire, old crock pot, old terracotta pot, china plates, china cup handle, tiles, old earrings, plants
POA
Penny Simons
Nature vs Rubbish, Contemporary Spear
branch from Kangaroo Valley bushfire and marine debris from the beaches of Sydney + pods and leaves from the Southern Highlands
POAb
Penny Simons
The Lorax (Dr Suess)
branch from Kangaroo Valley bushfire and marine debris from the beaches of Sydney + pods and leaves from the Southern Highlands
POA
Rose Marin
Wheels within Wheels
scrap car parts, hot glue
NFS
Sally Waterford
Not Fantastic Plastic!
packing foam, bubble wrap, sticky tape, horticulture wire, pot plant chain, CDs, chicken wire
POA
Sara Phemister and the Art Kids
Beppo the Flower Eater
wire, drink bottle lids and steel.
NFS
Winner – Youth 13-17
Susan Brindle
CITY FRINGE 1
reclaimed metal, glue
POA
Susan Brindle
PLAST-YCHAND-YLIER WHITE 1
SUPC, abandoned metal fruit bowl, venetian blind cord, LED wire string lights
POA
Vianca Maddumapatabendi
Marble Lamp
used marbles, pieces from old toys and pieces from an old lamp
POA
2nd prize – Junior 7-12
Willow Gumbley
The Dress of Reused
waste fashion – neck ties, belt buckle, ribbon, dress and tiny disco balls (seriously there are tiny disco balls) Waste rubbish – chip packets, packing paper, blastic bags, rubber bands
POA
Highly commended – Junior 7-12
