Mother and daughter due transform marine debris into art
A group led by a mother and daughter duo in Western Australia is raising money for ocean conservation by turning marine debris into works of art. The 10-mile collective launched their first exhibition this week after locals spent weeks weaving rope and rubbish into new items.
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00:00 Esperance is world famous for its pristine beaches, but it's not immune from plastic
00:08 pollution.
00:09 We'll come out here sometimes and spend hours just in a 10 metre square radius.
00:14 Local mother and daughter, Michelle and Sam Crisp, come to Ten Mile Lagoon almost every
00:19 day to pick up rubbish.
00:21 But one day last year, they got more than they bargained for.
00:24 There's this huge whale carcass sized beach of marine debris down the end of the beach
00:30 and yeah that was the start.
00:32 It's probably from a long line fishing vessel.
00:34 So it was huge amounts of various sized rope.
00:37 The community rallied to get it off the beach, but deciding what to do with it proved harder.
00:43 Definitely super important not to just put the 5 tonnes of marine debris directly into
00:48 landfill.
00:49 That's just contributing to a different kind of issue in a different landscape.
00:53 We thought this was an ideal opportunity to make it a community project.
00:57 So we've been feverishly making baskets and we've been making, Sam's made a gorgeous hat.
01:03 We made earrings.
01:05 They've also visited schools and gone to local markets to teach others.
01:09 This week they opened an exhibition to raise funds for marine conservation group Tangaroa
01:14 Blue.
01:15 When I walked through that door and I saw that colour, I thought wow, this is the Esperance
01:20 colours.
01:21 It's absolutely fantastic and I think it's a real wake up call to us all.
01:25 They raised $1500 for the non-profit on opening night.
01:29 Quite often environmental issues these days can be quite overwhelming.
01:32 So to have a local issue like this and quite a simple feasible solution to it, it's so
01:39 epic to have the whole community engaged.
01:42 The exhibition will run for the next four weeks.
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