Swell Sculpture Festival - #5 of 5 by blondeblurr
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~ PLASTIC STINGS ~ by Lauren Gray.
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Plastic ... a simple and disposable product that is suffocating our environment. Growing up on the Gold Coast I have observed the constant flow of rubbish that washes up on our famous beaches. 'Plastic Stings' recognises the effect our waste is having on marine life. As a society, it is essential that we find a more sustainable way, in which to live and reduce the negative impact we are having on our oceans.
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OK - these are all of the five promised sculptures - all based on the animal category.
Five more to follow - but a different type of category, maybe some weird ones or textures - who knows ? let me surprise you ;P
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and here to refresh your memory - (as if I need to LOL)
#1) were the Koalas ...
(just in case you didn't know, baby Koalas are called: 'Joeys')
#2) was the Seagull
#3) the whale in the hand
#4) the baby Turtles (not all 110)
#5) see top pic - two stingrays - that's all folks - enjoy ;))
*BB*
Comments (20)
Faemike55
A very fabulous and interesting collection of art thanks for showing us this series
jayfar
I loved them all but the best for me was the turtles.
X-PaX
Beautiful capture. Well done.
jif3d
Cool start for this years collection of Swell sculptures, the baby whale rescue does it for me, but all are very interesting and creative. ~Cheers~
Cyve
Marvelous serie... I loke it... Fabulous captures laos !!!
Jean_C
I like particularly the sculpture named Seagull and Hatchlings. A superb and very interestins series of photos, Brigitte!
dochtersions
All are very surprising, beautiful and special to me, mein Liebes. Und du hast ein guter Hand von Fotografieren. Welche ich am meisten bewundert habe sind die Wale und die Koala Bärchen, aber auch dein letztes Bild ist wunderschön wegen die lustige Farben. Einfach Klasse gemacht, Gittie. Thank you very much for doing such a lot of work for us.
auntietk
What a wonderful sculpture-fest you had this year! These are all wonderful. I liked the chain-mail whales, simply because of the material, and also the plastic rays, for the same reason. The sculptures are all fabulous, but somehow those two materials really spoke to me. Thanks for going again this year and for sharing the experience! I love this event! :)
durleybeachbum
So exciting to see these wonderful works of art, Brigitte! The ones I liked least were the joeys, but I love them all in their huge variety.
johndoop
Very interesting picture !!!!!!!!!!!!
flavia49
gorgeous works and I like the "plastic things" and the Hatchlings
blinkings
I have really enjoyed this series BB.
wysiwig
Fabulous collection. I liked the colorful rays and Sargent Joey. I wonder how surprised the gulls were when they swooped down to pluck the baby turtles off the sand.
starship64
What a gorgeous set of pictures! I think I like the koalas the best.
anahata.c
love the comments, everyone got really involved, some listing their favorite sculptures, a few listing their not-so-favorites (lol), but people got excited by this. The sculptures are wonderful to see, wonderful too to see them as arguments for preservation and conservation; and wonderful to see all that creativity and skill put to such huge vivid animal pieces. But there's also your photos, your presentation, and you caught each one with real pizzazz, framed them just right, caught their vivid hues and strong light. I love how you caught the greenish hue of the hatchings, and I love the shadow and late day feel (or early day) of the manatees or whatever creatures these plastic stings are meant to portray. It's a beautiful capture of the colors, with fine shadows and textures around the creatures. The message of this one is, of course, to warn us about the mass of decay we've thrown into nature; but the artist managed to make objects of beauty out of that decay, which has another message---whether she intended it or not: Namely that, while we have all this discarded trash, we can make beauty out of it too; a way of recycling trash into art. These are beautiful sculptures. And the chain-mail hand (I'm using Tara's term, using 'mail' as a tightly woven mesh of wire) is a marvelous depiction of humans giving new nurturance to creatures they've half destroyed. A very exciting collection, lots of fun, and with important meaning to us all.
aksirp
Ohhhh, my dear Brigitte... du warst so fleissig, wundervolle Fotos! the best pic for me: first from john cox... great clarity in this photo! my preferred sculpture are the iron whales... superb series!
danapommet
The 'stingrays' were the most colorful but the 'baby turtles' touched my heart with thousands of hatchling on the south Florida coast - we even shut down the street lights so as not to distract the hatchlings from making their way to the sea!
Djavad
Sous la courbe de la brise maritime, très suggestif !
rangeriderrichard
Excellent photos! All of these sculptures are really great! Hard to pick a favorite - The stingrays are super colorful and the seagull one seems very well done, but I'm partial to turtles so I'm going to say they are the best ;)
icerian
Beautiful capture. Well seen my friend.