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Rob Arnold from Rame Peninsula Beach Care team went for a regular stroll on the usually beautiful Tregantle beach, UK. The beach was a mess of trash and plastic.
So Rob started cleaning, and with the help of local volunteers, he managed to scavenge around 35 bags of trash, among which he found a battalion of plastic toy soldiers, a collection of LEGO diving tanks and flippers, and many many more random artifacts, most of which are made out of plastic.
He turned the rubbish he found into art that you can now witness in an exhibition in Liskeard Museum. It’s a part of The Plastic Age exhibition, which also features contributions from Tracey Williams of Lego Lost at Sea, Michelle Costello of Smartie Lids on the Beach and Louise Slee of Tregantle Beach Treasures, Trinkets and Trash. Pretty neat.
BemusedPenguin
We all float down here...
BeverlyHillstKing
Why so many shotgun shell waddings? (Last pic)
MyOwnUsername
Wouldnt describe it as art, but fun to see the different types of plastic.
breakingcode
Nice contrast,.. the human race as shitbag custodians and a guy with an artistic janitorial bent.
Raydeeo
I like to think that the reason there's a lot of lego flippers is because kids lose them when they take their figurines swimming.
elpvgomerchingondewatson
All made in China
msa011
"Art"
TinySupreme
Why the hell are there so many shotgun shell wads tho?
CaptainStevenRogers
I'm assuming from shoreline skeet shooting or cruises where they shoot skeet over the side.
MightyIink
Who the hell throws lego swords in the ocean! That's valuable stuff for any collection.
FlacoMacha
So.....when is the art happening? I only see classified garbage
commentsivehadafew
Good way to highlight the problem of plastic in our oceans
Tempcore
They did lose a few containers of LEGO pieces off the coast there a few years ago. Not saying that problem isn't real or serious ofc
Hinastorm
Really, no my hero academia comment? Come on Imgur, you're better than this.
surrealizations
#14, what're those?
Casualfriday45
Buys golf art, uses golf tees, looses balls.
RandomMachine
one mans trash is another mans treasure, pick-up one at a time makes the world feel better.
FullThrottle099
"Art" *facepalm*
EnthusiasticPickle
Anyone else get nostalgic about those I-Spy Books as a kid?
MissDashLisa
Do people get paid to do this kind of shit
MBdub210
Bet he wants to kiss David Sedaris.
SeanBrittain
ART ATTACK! sickest most dope shiznit ever
breakingcode
He dumps the stuff he doesn't use into the local river.
MrColumbeanu
Good solution for my manic depression.
Spaztron11
Where is the art?
RustyNeX
the human race is a goddamn embarrassment
breakingcode
I agree and I'm one of those assholes. My parents did instill a hatred of littering in me so,.. at least one bright spot in the swamp.
Qualtagh
Snails are way worse. Their discarded shells coat whole beaches!
sangatster
I'm sorry.
undergroundpoopface
Help the world, kill yourself
madvin
The problem is that people who doesn't pollute could kill themselves to save humanity, note the polluters who don't care about anything !
VernonLamb
No need. The assholes of the world are doing it for us.
sirsaintsalot
that's not art, he just sorted stuff well - I got a C in Art 100 so...
isurehopethisusernameisstillavailable
http://www.clickhole.com/article/7-stunning-works-art-youll-think-are-photographs-b-2346
TaylorLately
he removed art from public space and now you have to pay admission to see it.
Twiggeh
I agree'd with you until you pulled rank, now you're just an a-hole who lowkey wants to brag.
theaon3t
What is art?
WhereIsDonnie
Baby don't hurt me
cupnoodleful
Don't hurt me
CirB
"Sorting stuff" can be a form of art too.
potatothegreat
What about things going over your head? Is it an art or a sport?
Cosmogonic
if you push you idea to the end and execute it properly...yes.
olhotdogfingers
Love this. My kid picks up broken glass in national forest campsites (sadly, shit tons of it around) & makes mosaics on canvas board.
FrozenFoodGuy
I second this motion of wanting to see pictures of them!
doctorwombat
That sounds awesome, you should post some!
imaginedear
Parenting right!
divingin
Why were there so many golf tees on the beach?
CaptainStevenRogers
How you never just had a ton of $.05 balls and wanted to relieve some stress? Whomp a few golf balls into the drink
divingin
Nah. I have found (and recovered for disposal) lots of golf balls while diving. Same level as fishermen tossing cans and bottles overboard.
CaptainStevenRogers
Legitimate question because of concern: are golf balls bad for a lake? Do they degrade and release bad stuff?
divingin
I was talking about the ocean. Monterey, CA. Golf balls are plastic-covered; last for a lot of years. Still litter.
sixteenbottlesintheowlery
What are the last things?
chickieboomboom
Shotgun wads
sixteenbottlesintheowlery
I thought they were hypodermic needle parts and I was really wondering why he would keep those lol
OkayMonsterMan
This is how all those "I Spy" books were created. This is the guy.
TransistorRadio
Those books always reminded me of the cool junk drawers we had growing up. I recognize many of the toys and trinkets in the books
AfRoSaUcE
I was looking for this comment.
McDoogell
I was looking for this as well
Playdohman
A ship with containers of Legos sank there years ago. Legos still wash up on shore.
OneGoogleSearchAway
A beach of nightmares
barnwolf
The million dollar beach.
PanickedShrieking
What? I've had multiple dreams of scouring beaches for legos, and now I hear it could become a reality??
BoyAndHisMoose
Can i come with you?
shibbytothelibby
So that's where that fucking piece went!
Rapturr
What about my fucking piece?
Morg729
And you thought you'd only have to worry about stepping on broken glass, medical waste, and sea creatures at the beach
AmyBethMegJo
If only!
earlymutation
That's only at the New Jersey shore in the 90's
DonteHaversham
Lego ain't cheap. New sets were a huge treat growing up, and we sure as heck never played with em where we could lose or wreck em
BillieJoeLondon
They're really valuable! Sell for £50+ per piece!!
Playdohman
There is a market for rare legos
imaginedear
Also rubber duckies. They have been tracing ocean currents with them.
CyranoDeBurlapSack
There were only ten rubber ducks overboard (ten rubber ducks overboard)
imaginedear
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/what-can-28000-rubber-duckies-lost-at-sea-teach-us-about
CyranoDeBurlapSack
10 Little Rubber Ducks Board Book (World of Eric Carle) https://www.amazon.com/dp/006196428X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NyTwzb5JH3SVH
Tohaker
Lego Bricks*
YerDadSellsAvon
relevant
TheBlueMuppet
And yet not bricks.
YerDadSellsAvon
The plural is still fucking Lego you bunch of "Sheeps"
nommon
It's LEGO bricks, actually.
YerDadSellsAvon
true, not as catchy as username though
nommon
Perhaps, but yours is still a username of lies