Creativity flows at waste-to-art workshop in Durban North
The workshop was one of two workshops sponsored by Global Green Grants recently.
FOLLOWING a successful sensory wall project, the Golden Hours School in Durban North hosted a waste-to-art workshop, inviting learners from several schools to learn new skills and art techniques.
Robin Opperman, creative director of Umcebo Design, visited the school earlier this year to help learners create a sensory wall made from recycled plastic and other waste-to-art items.
The sensory wall was recently completed and hung up in the school and Opperman and his team decided to host a workshop to share the skills with other learners.
“It’s a continuation of our recycling workshops. Essentially creative waste management is neglected in schools and particularly among the special needs learners. We have designed projects to allow learners to leave with knowledge, but also having had fun and looking forward to the next workshop. We designed a flower and a butterfly made from recycled paper, because we want to show people that it’s not just plastic that can be used. Whatever items are brought to the school can be used – you can do something with it,” he said.
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Head of Department of the Senior School, Arul Padayachee said learners from the school learnt new skills during the construction process.
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“We have invited seven special schools to join the workshop. They have really enjoyed this. It’s an eye opener because we look at waste as waste, but here we have learnt how to turn waste into things of beauty. They are all senior learners aged between 15 and 18 years of age. We invited the older learners because they would be working with wire. From each school, we invited one educator and three senior learners. Ujala and Robin demonstrated the art techniques to the educators and then they went to their tables and showed the learners,” she said.
The workshop was one of two workshops sponsored by Global Green Grants recently.
Umcebo Design unveiled a range of waste-to-art pieces at the University of KwaZulu-Natal as part of the School of Engineering’s Neptune Project earlier this year.
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