Creativity is making marvellous out of the discarded.” This famous adage aptly sums up the creations of city residents at the “waste to art” exhibition held at Sector 17 Plaza here on Friday.
From students to women from self-help groups, the citizens from different walks of life displayed their creations giving a message of creative potential of waste, significance of recycling and reuse and sustainable living.
At the one-day exhibition which brought forth the innate skills of locals, Prasanchetas Foundation, with its art pieces made out of newspapers which would otherwise be wasted as scrap, grabbed the attention of visitors. Paper pens, piggy bank, art showcases, jewellery boxes, vase, paper bags, storage boxes among other items, all made of recycled pieces of newspaper were on display at the stall of Prasanchetas Foundation, in an effort to raise awareness about environment protection.
“The idea behind our creations is to convey the message of the significance of recycling. Our Foundation collects newspapers from across the city and then we convert these discarded newspapers into art pieces. Recycled art is about environment conservation and each art piece sends a strong message about this,” says Bipasha Nadda, manager at Prasanchetas Foundation, while talking to The Pioneer.
In the nearby stall, the versatile creations made out of discarded clothes by Vandana Kundiya was appreciated by one and all. Table mats, table runners, cushion covers, wall hangings, bags among other items made out of heavy borders of old discarded clothes were on display at the stall.
Vandana Kundiya, a Sector 38 resident who is associated with a self-help group tells, “She collects or buys the old traditional clothes discarded by city residents. I cut out the pieces of heavy borders with zari work, phulkari, chikankari, thread embroidery etc from discarded clothes and use them to create pieces of traditional vintage décor.”
“Recycling, upcycling and reusing is the underlying message behind my creations. Not only this, my craft has become an important means of livelihood too and is gaining popularity among people,” she says.
The students from various government schools in the city also displayed a variety of creations related to gardening, decorative showpieces and home décor.
Sachin Pal and Rishikesh Singh, class X students of Government High School, Sector 54 here displayed a mechanism to use recycled wastewater for gardening.