A ‘SAND garden’ made from millions of tiny plastic pellets collected off just one beach will be part of an exhibition on the Rame Peninsula which opens tomorrow.
A dozen artists have contributed thought-provoking pieces to the Trash to Treasure show which runs at the Kingsand Institute from Wednesday to Friday (August 1- 3).
The work ranges from huge sculptures to clothing, grass engravings, photographs and paintings, and a garden made from nurdles (pre-production plastic pellets) taken off Tregantle Beach in Whitsand Bay.
Rame campaigner Claire Wallerstein hopes that the arresting artworks will get people thinking.
‘We’re currently producing more plastic per year than the entire combined weight of all the human beings on Earth combined – and that amount is growing exponentially,’ she said.
‘Plastic is an incredible material that has transformed our lives, and yet the often-thoughtless ways in which we’re now using and disposing of it threaten to destroy the natural world we all love.
‘Marine plastic is needlessly killing species at every level in the ocean from plankton up to whales, and this is true everywhere from the Pacific “Garbage Patch” to Cornwall and the Arctic.
‘We hope these fantastic artworks will help to educate visitors about the problem and inspire them to take positive action to help turn this toxic tide of pollution.’
The exhibition will run from 11am-5pm tomorrow and Thursday and until 7pm on Friday, to enable working people to view.