“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.” Aesop
Christies costume series titled Fine feathers, Fine bird’s focuses on exploring the potential of reusing, reworking and re-presenting of everyday materials. Plastic is a common article in our everyday lives and up until recently was taken to landfills to biodegrade at an extremely low rate. In 2009 Europe ended up with a total of 24 tonne of end of year plastics, of which only 13Mtonne was recycled.
Fine feathers, fine Bird’s focuses on creating a contrast between our urban and natural environments using exotic birds made from plastics as a metaphor. The birds are created to represent beautiful creatures that, on closer inspection are made from common disposable plastic objects that are fundamentally affecting the creatures in their natural habitats.
