Batik scraps from Fariza Azlina pieced together and beaded by Hyde-Brown. Photo: Caroline Hyde-Brown
Homegrown artist Joanne Loo is aware of the enormity of environmental issues like global warming, acid rain and water pollution. And she is consciously examining ways to minimise her carbon footprint.
In the last five months, Loo, 30, and Malaysian-born Britain-based batik artist Ummi Khaltum Junid, 35, have been working on Projek Trash Treasure, whereby they churn waste material into creative works.
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Creative works of art
Batik scraps from Fariza Azlina pieced together and beaded by Hyde-Brown. Photo: Caroline Hyde-Brown
What we do now will have an impact on the future, says Ummi. Photo: Ummi Kalthum Junid
The aim of Projek Trash Treasure is to explore ways of reusing what would otherwise be discarded, says Loo. Photo: Joanne Loo
Rudd conceptualised an artwork using 3D plastic, seawater and foraged seaweed. Photo: Genevieve Rudd
Fariza's artistic creation features bits of plastic from Ummi which were heated together to form chips. Photo: Fariza Azlina
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