Acrylic on recycled drinks can

8cm by 11cm by 8cm

This can series Alex has made for his planned residency in Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Alex was given the brief to make art from waste which accumulates on Mount Everest. The project in collaboration with Sagarmartha next will be up-cycling rubbish to create sculptures of the surrounding himalayan mountains. Alex selects from the waste, a can that has features resembling part of a mountain or glacier. He then goes on to shape them more with hammers and finally builds up layers of paint to resemble the unique forms of the landscape such as glaciers and crevasses. The work comments on the fragile nature of the most sublime region of our planet, therefore the work responds to the need for conservation and pollution reduction. By taking the very waste that would other wise be burnt or buried on these mountains and transforming it into something of worth it helps to preserve these very places for future generations.