Drowning in Plastic

Coco, Year 6

  • Sculpture
  • Plastic, cardboard, sellotape
  • 500(w) 340(h) 370(d) mm

The BBC documentary 'Drowning in Plastic' inspired me to make this sculpture of someone drowning in a sea of plastic. It shows that it is humans who are causing plastic pollution and damaging wildlife. I wrapped sellotape around my Dad's arm, cut it off, then stuffed it and stuck it back together.