Christo & Jeanne Claude

Christo (and the late Jeanne Claude) create temporary, large scale sculptures.

What really caught my attention was this statement
'Nobody discusses a painting before it has been painted.
But architechture and urban planning are always discussed before completion.'

Like the alchemic process, these works are established before they are created. The chemistry of alchemy is planned before carried out.

Fashion Comparison

Through my work, on one level (and unintentionally) I am illustrating and exploring the difference (or similarity) between what is considered worthwhile fashion (such as the labels on the runway) with my trash jewellery. Still in a 'trash to treasure' concept, the treasure is not only the outcome of the jewellery, but the similarites between the treasured fashion. Cheap vs expensive.

To create the comparison, items as follows will be incorporated into the final body of work as illustrations.

Chris Jordan

Chris Jordans works are based on the topic of consumerism. He finds his inspiration and materials from shipping ports and industrial yards where the detritus of consumers accumilates. He is intrigued by the 'staggaring comlexity' of the 'immense scale' of American's consumption.

He states that 'collectively we are commiting a vast and unsustainable act of taking, but we each are anonymous and no one is in charge or accountable for the consequences.'

He realises that as an American consumer he would be being hypocritical to blame or preach so his photographs have a purpose to simply inspire self inquiry in others as a way for people to think of a possible action to solve the problem.

Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan

Husband and wife, Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan create works which are based upon the principals of collecting and collaborating based on the themes of migration, family, and memory focussing on dislocation and change.Through installations created with personal items, the artists reflect the dislocation and change.

At the APT6, the Aquilizans created a large installation called 'In Flight' The work takes the shape of a giant aeroplane composed from many small planes. These small planes were created by both children and adults. The '...work reflects personal experience, while conveying points of exchange and communication that extend beyond borders.'

Slim Barrett

Slim Barrett is a jewellery designer. I am not sure what other jewellery designs he does, but I am fascinated by his style of mesh-like jewellery like this one. For my idea of creating rubbish jewellery, I want it to appear similarly to the mesh like look by Slim Barrett.

Kate Durham

'Kate Durham finds both the materials and the inspiration for her art on beaches and the building sites of inner city Melbourne. Bits of metal, old plates, beer cans, and glass bottles are metamorphosed into jewellery. Describing the materials and her creations as "nothing special", Kate sees her pieces as strong statements against the transitory nature of objects in this society. She likes "the approach of African tribes who look at objects in new ways and turn them into decorative things when we are ready to discard them".'