Precious Plastic Bracelet
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 2019
Designer: Woo Jin Joo
Dimensions:
Other: 1700 × 90 × 93 cm (669 5/16 × 35 7/16 × 36 5/8 in.)
Medium: Discarded plastic pot and recycled macrame
Object number: T.2019.134.CC
DescriptionBracelet made from discarded plastic and macrame.
Description from designer:
Woo Jin Joo is a designer believing in design for change. In this final project, the focus was on exploring the lost value of plastic. When first invented, plastic was much more of a valuable material, used for beautiful jewelry designs. Inspired by this, and disheartened by the amount of plastic waste dumped into our ocean, Woo Jin created a series of jewelry and prints out of plastics found along British coasts. The project’s aim was to question the value of the material and the way we treat them. It is a playful and poetic reminder of the misuse of a valuable material, and that change is required. Unlike usual transformation of materials into unrecognizable forms in other sustainable, upcycling designs, Woo Jin maintained the original form in order to show the journey the material has been on.
Description from designer:
Woo Jin Joo is a designer believing in design for change. In this final project, the focus was on exploring the lost value of plastic. When first invented, plastic was much more of a valuable material, used for beautiful jewelry designs. Inspired by this, and disheartened by the amount of plastic waste dumped into our ocean, Woo Jin created a series of jewelry and prints out of plastics found along British coasts. The project’s aim was to question the value of the material and the way we treat them. It is a playful and poetic reminder of the misuse of a valuable material, and that change is required. Unlike usual transformation of materials into unrecognizable forms in other sustainable, upcycling designs, Woo Jin maintained the original form in order to show the journey the material has been on.