2021
Abingdon Studios
C
May Wild Studio
Social Arts Practice
Oldham, UK
www.maywildstudio.com
@maywildstudio
Title: C is for….. Crazy
Medium: Sculpture, Wall relief, Clay/Jesmonite
C is for….. Crazy started its making journey in the studio, a bucket of Clay scraps waiting to be recycled and reimagined as a new artwork, a Circular approach to how we develop
new ideas in our social arts practice. A look around the studio reflects the projects we are working on, a focus on themes connected to sustainability, piles of collected
everyday household waste re-purposed for participatory workshops and artworks, encouraging conversation around the damaging environmental impact of today’s throw away culture. Crisps, Cans, Coffee Cups and our daughters Capri-sun. A Crisp packet takes 80 years to decompose!
Using the recycled clay we cast reliefs of the C ‘waste’ objects, immortalised in time, fossil like, a reference to the often overlooked long term environmental damage of throw away and fast culture we are all responsible for. The artwork form is not unlike a cracked paving slab or crazy paving, this informs the colour palette and references the crazy pattern of consumer behaviour today's society has gotten itself into.
May Wild Studio
Social Arts Practice
Oldham, UK
www.maywildstudio.com
@maywildstudio
Title: C is for….. Crazy
Medium: Sculpture, Wall relief, Clay/Jesmonite
C is for….. Crazy started its making journey in the studio, a bucket of Clay scraps waiting to be recycled and reimagined as a new artwork, a Circular approach to how we develop
new ideas in our social arts practice. A look around the studio reflects the projects we are working on, a focus on themes connected to sustainability, piles of collected
everyday household waste re-purposed for participatory workshops and artworks, encouraging conversation around the damaging environmental impact of today’s throw away culture. Crisps, Cans, Coffee Cups and our daughters Capri-sun. A Crisp packet takes 80 years to decompose!
Using the recycled clay we cast reliefs of the C ‘waste’ objects, immortalised in time, fossil like, a reference to the often overlooked long term environmental damage of throw away and fast culture we are all responsible for. The artwork form is not unlike a cracked paving slab or crazy paving, this informs the colour palette and references the crazy pattern of consumer behaviour today's society has gotten itself into.
