The Tetra Pact - new work in progress

Tetra Pact 2016 - work in progress slip cast terracotta, pit-fired in pine needles, re-claimed furniture, straw, wood shavings, cardboard and pallets.

Here are a few images of some of my latest ideas - I havejust finished reading The McDonaldisation of Society by George Ritzer and Conversations before the end  of time by Suzi Gablik and thinking a lot about climate change and the impact on the world that such large corporations are having and the choices we make as consumers. The work is looking at the basic principles of material and creation of a useful container and then transposing this into a society that has a blatent disregard for its actions, and the impact of this upon the planet.

"Since the aseptic packages contain different layers of plastic and aluminium in addition to raw paper, they cannot be recycled as "normal" paper waste, but need to go to special recycling units for separation of the different materials

Tetra Pak cartons have been criticized for being more difficult to recycle than tin cans and glass bottles.The difficulty lies in the fact that the process demands specific recycling plants that are not easily accessible and that if not recycled, they end up in landfill. Tetra Pak has stated that it is currently working on joint ventures with local governments around the world to increase the number of recycling facilities" -source wikipedia