Single-use plastic bottles, eucalyptus and a sandwich press are being utilized by native designers to create practical and trendy design items out of sustainable and recycled supplies.
Their designs for a plastic-free future will likely be on show on the Spring Perth Upmarket at UWA this month.
Perth Upmarket director Erin Madeley mentioned small companies have been paving the best way for revolutionary options to plastic air pollution.
“Our WA creatives, artists and designers are a shining example of how businesses can use creative means to embrace sustainability and lead the way in ethical production,” she mentioned.
Jess Samuel, who owns North Perth jewelry business Arcadian Edge, mentioned a sandwich press was set on the good temperature to soften family plastics.
She makes use of one to soften and press recycled plastic lids into sheets, that are then minimize into earrings and wearable artwork.
Native birds and flora are used as inspiration for her items.
Kirsten Lopez, who based South Beach Boardies, additionally makes use of plastic in her design.
Her vibrant and daring South Beach Boardies are constructed from recycled plastic bottles.
Lopez grew up on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and was at all times conscious of plastic washing up on its seashores.
However, it wasn’t till she moved to mainland Australia that she realised how massive the difficulty actually was.
She was devastated when she returned to the Cocos Islands as an grownup and located that the plastic air pollution had solely worsened.
“We humans know better, but instead of doing better we’re doing much, much worse by the planet,” she mentioned.
Lopez left her day job in schooling, re-mortgaged her home and launched South Beach Boardies from her South Fremantle dwelling.
Since 2018, with the assistance of her companion Tim Bolton and their 4 sons, she has created ethically made swimwear out of recycled plastic, a product which by its nature must be artificial.
The board shorts are made out of single-use plastic bottles which not solely reduces air pollution but additionally makes use of as much as 78 per cent much less vitality than virgin plastic supplies to create.
Lopez has since expanded to create shirts out of sustainable eucalyptus materials.
“Eucalyptus grows quickly, doesn’t need irrigation or pesticides and can grow in relatively poor, dry and rocky soil, and it requires 50 per cent less water to produce than conventional cotton — plus at the end of its life it is recyclable and biodegradable,” she mentioned.
Arcadian Edge and South Beach Boardies will likely be a part of greater than 180 designers, gourmets and artists on the subsequent Perth Upmarket on Sunday, September 17, from 10am to 4pm at UWA’s Winthrop Hall and surrounds.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
