As part of London Sustainability Weeks I created a life-size polar bear made entirely from recycled materials. The structure is covered in newspaper and magazine headlines about global warming and is constructed of recycled steel rods, wire netting and abandoned newspapers, collected mainly on DLR and bus journeys between Hackney, Bank and Canary Wharf.
The work highlights the plight of polar bears – and the planet – as a result of climate change.
‘Polar Bear’ is an expression of today’s world with its magnificence and beauty as well as its problems and its disputes typical of living organisms that are born, grow, change, evolve, die and are in constant flux.
The Love London Recycled Sculpture Show was launched as part of London Sustainability Weeks.
‘Polar Bear’ can be seen at the Sun and Doves pub, 61-63 Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell London SE5 9NS from June 5th until October 15th 2007.
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