Art from waste material

Abstract

Human consumption of resources generates waste, causing environmental impacts which make people around the world more eager to prevent and solve this problem. Several artists are concerned about a global environmental crisis in the future and are inspired to use waste materials in their creative art. Artists' concepts for creating art from waste materials are diverse in which the art works are similar or different depending on an experience of artists. For example, storytelling and workplace problem solving concepts. In the storytelling concept through artwork, each artist's work conveys the same or different story depending on, their personal experience. Creative art is addressed on environmental issues, social problems, violence, etc. While another concept is the idea of solving problems in the workplace, in creating art depicting a lack of equipment such as paints, supplies, tools, etc. However, a similarity of both concepts is the creative solution of the artists who use waste materials to create works of art. This article highlights creative art from waste materials which was classified into two categories 1) Creative reused art is an art created from waste materials without treatment. 2) Creative recycled art is an art created from waste materials that have been processed into new materials. In essence, these creative arts play an important role in driving sustainability, added value, and raising awareness towards reducing and reusing.