Last week I headed to my favorite beach to get some fresh air. Still feeling a bit like there was a dark cloud hovering over me I figured spending the evening watching the sun go down over the lake, and listening to the waves hit the beach would do me good. I guess I forgot how much I loved that place, I was instantly at ease. It didn’t take long before I was compulsively picking up lighters. I wanted to do another set of beach trash photos but didn’t necessarily want to do another rainbow gradient. I do love doing that, and will most certainly do it again in the future but I waned something new. So…I picked up everything blue I found, all while singing this song, of course. I walked for around twenty minutes, really probably less. Just one swoop across the beach and this is what I gathered.
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I love your beach trash posts so much 🙂 I think they're one of my favorite things you do! I love the monochromatic theme this time-so cool 🙂
Thank you so much, Mindi! 🙂
I love this and what a neat concept! Look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Thanks, Anita! 🙂
makes me sad to see how disgusting most humans are. thank you for showing us the pretty that can come from the litter. also, thanks for being awesome and disposing of so much plastic.
Thanks! It is really sad, humans are kind of gross sometimes…
it's crazy how many things you always find, even when you're just picking up blue stuff… i really like these photos, though 🙂
Right? I can't believe I was able to find so many blue things so quickly.
You could mount them like that on pieces of drift wood you find—I've done that with stones and shells, but trash would make an interesting composition. And you certainly have an eye for arranging 🙂
Yeah, but then what do I do with it? I'm not 100% sold on hanging it in my home, I don't really have room.
This is so wonderful!
🙂
These are one of my favourite posts by you <3
The photos are always so pretty and you do such a lovely job cleaning the beaches at the same time.
That's just awesome!
Thanks!!! 🙂
These kind of posts always give me mixed feelings. On one side it's beautifull but on the other one it make me sad and suprised at the amount of trash you can find (I live in a place where they try to keep the beaches pretty clean)
Yeah, it's a bummer but what can you do other than try to make the best of it. I personally can't stop others from making a mess but I can make something pretty from the mess they leave.
Maybe arrange inside a frame and pour clear resin over everything for a piece of art or a tray or something!
hey, a tray isn't a bad idea!
BUT DUDE! how awesome would a floor be?!
It'd be a great awareness piece for people to pick up trash at the beach!!! A little path made of trash in clear resin towards the beach.
I do love these!!x
thanks, kezzie! 🙂
So freaking beautiful. The blue just draws your eyes. Love it.
thanks, kaitlyn! 🙂
It's really weird how many of those flossing sticks you find. I can't imagine ever thinking to bring one of those to the beach.
The great majority of these things weren't left on the beach but washed up on the beach. Still, I didn't even realize that many people used flossing sticks. Using floss isn't hard…
You could glue it all into a shadow box, maybe even put sand in with it. Or use it for a table top with glass over it. Would be cool to some how incorporate it for outdoor furniture.
Ooh! A table top would be pretty cool!
Have you seen this artist?
http://www.boredpanda.com/washed-up-trash-installations-alejandro-duran/
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