Trash Monster
“Once upon a time, this little monster used to roll along quite contentedly until the day he decided he wasn't happy with his horns. He wanted to embellish them, to make them "more" so he consumed and consumed to make his horns the most beautiful. He consumed and adorned until his horns were so fabulous that he could no longer move and he was stuck forever.”
My goal for Trash Monster was to buy nothing to make him. The rules I set for myself were only usescraps and leftovers from old projects or collect items from the Boroondara Hard Rubbish Rehome Facebook group (we all work to rehome items that are otherwise headed to the trash). The lovely members contributed everything from dog fur to yarn to glue. I thought I might run into an issue and need to buy weights for the bottom of the sculpture but in the final hour some scrap metal from a carbuild was found. The Trash Monster literally was built from what would've become rubbish. He didn't need to consume to have the beautiful horns after all.
Artists Name
Clara Batton Smith
Dimensions
55 x 55 x 15cm
Medium
Mixed media textile - felt, dog fur, wool, floss, cotton fabric
Exhibition
MAVA Art Prize 2023