Ever since fellow CJer Jaine first claimed the "recycled materials" challenge as the inspiration for her journal, I've been waiting for her book to come around, as I knew exactly what I was going to do for this one.
X Ray Spex were one of my favourite bands growing up - my sister bought me the Germ Free Adolescents album when I was 11 years old, and that was the start of my lifelong love affair with punk rock.
So I was saddened earlier this year to hear that the band's lead singer, the wonderfully eccentric Poly Styrene, had lost her battle with cancer :(
This page, then, is my tribute. For the recycling journal - a portrait of Poly Styrene, made from polystyrene, what else?
Everything on the page is recycled.
The background is made from tissue paper from a pair of Duffs trainers
The image of a vinyl record is from some junk mail from Orange Mobile
The metal in the goggles is aluminium from a drinks can, inside out
And everything else is polystyrene from various bits of food packaging
This turned out pretty much exactly how I have pictured it for the last few months, while waiting for my turn in this book.
I like it when that happens :)
1 comment:
Brilliant transformation Flo !!
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