Bribie Island Community Kindergarten (BICK) recently commissioned local artists with Pumicestone Indigenous Education and Employment Council (PIEEC) to create a permanent ‘underwater’ installation using recycled materials including fishing nets.
Local Bribie Island artists Kristine Ellis and Charlotte Ellis wove a menagerie of underwater creatures using recycled fishing net as the core and a range or reclaimed and recycled material for the wrap.
For our part, (aside from Tracey’s dodgy coral weaving not pictured) the focus was on creating the environment for the creatures – using nets to create an underwater scene and suspending the sea creatures to their underwater scene.
The result has already encouraged lots of conversations with the BICK community, opening a dialogue about waste, care for our waterways and resourceful ways to repurpose materials.
Treecreate Studio is a perpetual partner of PIEEC and we are honoured to walk alongside this community organisation who give so much to our community. It is also an honour to work with Bribie Island Community Kindergarten – they are setting up the next generation of inquiring hearts, minds and spirits to care for Country ❤
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