Carolyn Cardinet: Visual Art Blog

Rethink is the brain child of Junkies Magazine  A festival of reuse rethink recycle ideas which will take place at the  Ballarat Trades hall over the 17-19 November weekend Junkies is a magazine that surveys all aspect of creative people in the field of sustainability  using junk as their material Four of my large works adorned the Trades Hall for that weekend amidst plenty of smaller works

Burrinja Climate Change Biennale 2017 The upcoming Burrinja Climate Change Biennale will open 11 November at the  Burrrinja Cultural Centre in Upwey - Dandenong This exhibition will run til 11 February 2018

It is a privilege to have been selected as a finalist for the Cooks River Small Sculpture Prize Sydney The exhibition is open for viewing at Art Est. Art School & Gallery until 14 November 2017 My work was selected to be presented in two other venues in this touring exhibition  in NSW during the month of December 2017

The Bonanza 2017 opening Saturday 28 October 3-5pm Hope you will be able to join us at  Yarra Sculpture Gallery 117 Vere St, Abbotsford other viewing days are Thursday-Sundays 11-4pm and will finish 12 Nov 2017

This article by Karly Smith was published in local newspapers Midland Express 26 Sept 2017 Tarrangower Times 29 Sept 2017

Here are some of the Fans I have created the last few years for the series FANtastic. Using only single-use packaging to educate towards the breadth of what one can use at home and the longevity of in-house plastics and waste outside every household. May you recognise many... FANtastic 2013-2017 These are specimens anemones and sea creatures that are harmed by plastic

In a community, Artists are to be cherished and  recognised  and their Art is meant to be seen by all. Thank you to all who came, chatted, welcomed me in their homes and studios. It has been an amazing experience to go country for the last month with many mixed feelings I will be leaving this place today but to return soon I am sure. During this residency,  I had the pleasure to teach art & sustainability workshops at the local primary school and a month-long exhibition at Newstead Arts Hub. This beautiful building a restored train station was the perfect exhibition gallery space to show my all white work made from everyday white plastic recyclables objects. I met many people and made some amazing friendships during my stay in Newstead a village with many talented artists that live and hide here so next time you pass by or even live here strike a conversation and ask to see their artwork.  Portraits series in the making during the Arts Hub residency Plastic Trap and

I am very pleased to be part of 150 artists who will present their unique artworks at the inaugural Biennale of Australian Art in 2018. This year half of these artists have produced small works for a 3 month travelling exhibit for the launch of BOAA in Australia. Sea Banksia 2017      Biennale of Australian Art 2018  Launch with a travelling exhibition     Ballarat Trades Hall  Thursday 28 September 6-10pm     Melbourne Friday 6 October 6.30-8.30pm     Hepburn Bathhouse 4-7 November ​    for more information visit www.boaa.net.au

A beautiful day to paint in my studio at the old railway station... Jellyfish trio view from the platform Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet with a couple of local artists in Newstead. Horse (artist nickname) took me to meet Roger and his eclectic sculpture garden. His sculpture park is always in the process of making and remaking to see the possibilities at hand. His house with no running water or electricity is a testament to simple life and what little means  is needed to make some great art .

During the week I had the honour & pleasure to be interviewed by community radios across the area ABC Central Victoria in Bendigo with Jo Prinz Broadcasted Monday 7am Main Fm in Castlemaine Live Interview with Suzanne Donisthorpe Tuesday 12 Sept @10am HCR in Hepburn Springs with Eve Lamb broadcasted Wednesday 13 Sept @9.30am here is the link to this interview https://soundcloud.com/eve- lamb/organic-plastic- exhibition-artist-interview

A great turnout this weekend for the official launch at  the Newstead Arts Hub of Organic Plastic. Agathe, Louise, myself, Julie & Mary Speeches took place between Julie Patey of the Newstead Arts Hub , Mary Blain of Mount Alexander Sustainability group in Castlemaine (MASG)and Louise Jiricek launching her new community project Boomerang Bags Newstead. here with Louise The crowd included Juliet from the local primary school. Some of the children  came to view and show their parents the artwork they put together with trash during our Art & Sustainability workshops at school last week.

I will be conducting Art & Sustainability workshop  during the month of September 2017 at these following venues Montessori senior school Newstead Primary School Bendigo Tafe Carolines' Spring school Newstead Art Hub For more info on times please email me CarolynCardinet@gmail.com

Plastic Trap 2017 This work is part of Organic Plastic exhibition at  The Newstead Art Hub which opened today Saturday 2nd September 2017 The official launch will take place  Saturday 9th September 2017 2-4pm All Welcome The exhibition will be opened  every weekend during the month of September Saturdays & Sundays 11-4pm 8 Tivey rd - Newstead

Sea Banksia is a new work to be included in the BOAA travelling exhibition for the next 3 months promoting and launching the new Ballarat 'Biennale of Australian Art 2018' Here are the main dates for What's in the Box All Welcome to attend this travelling exhibition 28 September 2017 Ballarat- Ballarat Trades Hall, 24 Camp St 6.30-9.30pm 5 October 2017 '& Gallery' 220 Spencer St-Melbourne 6.30-9pm exhibition continues until 27 October wed-sat 12-5pm 4-7 November 2017 Hepburn Bath house, Hepburn Spring 10-4pm daily Sea Banksia 2017

 Connected 2017 Polyethylene and Led Lights My new illuminated work is on at Cube 37 in a new exhibition encompassing ideas of connection for a group show in August this year. The show will close September 1st and is open during business hours and Saturday mornings till 1pm. http://artscentre.frankston.vic.gov.au/Exhibitions_Festivals/Current_Exhibitions/FAC_Open_Exhibition

This year was a huge event in new premises at the old Melbourne Meat Market. The crowd that came (braving the cold) was amazing and the ambiance in this venue was magical. French food, design, travel combined with lectures and talks made it a special event for all. To add to this, pass the garden and in the stable was La Galerie 17, representing 5 French artists! I was thrilled to be able to present my work in this large warehouse and perfect as a gallery space. Tall ceilings and white walls with natural light coming through was the perfect combination to present art! with curator Heather Van Heerwaarden

An unusual idea came to me while away but always wanted to make. Also the material found were perfect for this project. Collecting, gathering and recording trash while walking the street of Sydney suburbs allowed me to create this work and of course as you will see this happen to look like fashion... squeezing the waistline looking at the tail of the dress  Now do you see what I see when I mention fashion albeit now fashionable trash in Pyrmont and that is where fashion came into my mind

I will be part of the panel for the VIVID Ideas 2017 discussion on  ART SCIENCE AND WONDER Tuesday 13th June 2017 at 6pm UTS Business School (building 8) ULTIMO NSW MICROBEPLASTICA artwork (details) Carolyn Cardinet What Does it Take? Science, Art, Wonder Can you see a future where artists, scientists and business work together to find creative solutions to big problems? It may exist in fragile ecosystems but how can it be sustained? Considering the innovations that Leonardo da Vinci was dreaming up more than 500 years ago, what conditions are required for great ideas to be drawn up for the 21st Century? Patronage was an important catalyst for the Renaissance. What is the role of business and universities in the 21 Century? How can we revision and resource the creative research ecosystem? Many of the speakers have dual or multi disciplinary backgrounds, artist and scientist, scientist and musician, scientist to artist, business science artist, are we all inherently tra

Mer de Plastique "For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive, in this century he is beginning to realise that in order to survive, he must protct it" Jacques Cousteau This is a beautiful quote thank you Junkies Magazine for this article in your grest magazine dedicated to all things reused and repurposed! Junkies Magazine - Issue 9 - June 2017 Get the last issue now!

Carolyn Cardinet  Visual artist dedicates her work to the planet! by Valentine Sabouraud Le Courrier Australien 23 May 2017 – translation by me! 38 millions  plastic  pieces have  invade d  Henderson Island in the Pacific  Ocean . This piece of paradise is now the symbol  of the extreme pollution,  which is  felt in  o ur oceans as it is choking  fauna and destroying their ecosystem . We talk  about a 7 th  continent-in reality it is more like a  ‘ plastic  soup’  made of microplastic .  In response to this  Carolyn Cardinet  an artist  passio nate about this topic,  uses her activist work  to  recycle  the plastic she gleans essentially on the beach  close to home .  In her studio  are gathered , milk bottles, old lids and straws touch by the time spent in the ocean. Old fans have been  turn ed in  cornucopias  and dream catchers  have shed their  feathers to sit against plastic sheeting. ‘ I used to walk on the  beach and pick up rocks, drift wood and seashells. One da

I am here in Sydney working away in my new studio a perfect setting for a very interesting residency which will see me collaborating with scientists from RMIT University for the first time I am following their steps looking at the possibility of a plastic-eating bacteria. My journey started 3 months ago and will culminate with an exhibition at the end of this residency at Culture at Work. Microbeplastica will be exhibited at the Accelerator Gallery 6 Scott St Pyrmont 11-17 June 2017 MICROBEPLASTICA  Artist Talk  Thursday 17 June 2017 6-8pm  Drinks will be served All Welcome www.cultureatwork.org.au

We are coming to the end of our  Pop-Up Exhibition  LAS AMIGAS   75 Harding St Coburg Sat 27 June  11-5pm   75 Harding St Coburg Las Amigas   Carolyn-Babette-Marian  Poly weaved sculpture Thank you to all that made our opening you created a fantastic buzz  on the night! Thank you also to all individuals who visited our show the last couple of weeks 'We love your support' till next time!

Las Amigas   The exhibition  a visual feast by  3 Awesome Australian Artists Babette O'Brien - Marian Rennie - Carolyn Cardinet For this Pop-Up show, we have chosen to exhibit an array of our combined talents together for your pure enjoyment and of course ours Come and view this collection of artworks  by 3 passionate artists made with  several and alternative medium designed to awaken your senses Exhibition Opening Saturday 13th May  3-6pm 75 Harding St Coburg to view more of our works please visit our website www.marianrennie.com.au www.carolyncardinet.com

Wonderful to be part of this Festival  with WORA again this year  I was privileged to be asked to put up my new work with an exhibition with 4 talented artists from Castlemaine. The Mill will be an exhibition space opposite the glorious Botanical Gardens. Plastic Waterways - installation at night  Surprised this morning to have the light streaming onto my work light and shadow adding a new dimension to this installation with a quick portrait just before we de-install  The work Plastic Waterways was a map of Victoria's waterways engraved and of the coast cut-out a project made and inspired from possum cloaks which were painted with aerial maps of the local tribe.  Creating awareness in plastic consumerism and plastic pollution is something I am passionate about in my art practice. Through my art practice, I have a visual language to contribute to the dialogue which is starting but only just starting to happen around the world. This work assembled 2 l mi

Westgarth Theatre Always nice to hear that passerby thought the works on display was  or reminded them of my artwork This installation was put together for the special event for the occasion of the projection of the French Film Festival documentary Tomorrow (Demain) a must see and a positive outlook on what people already have put to action around the globe... There is an inkling of hope on the horizon but we all need to do our bit. However small or large your contribution is, your gesture is going towards a positive impact on our future for this planet.   Choosing your best shots is always a difficult decision in the making or not! This was another great opportunity to put my work up in one of the still standing old  Melbourne icon venues

French Film Festival 2017 at The Astor I love seeing these new versions of my work all lit up...  Upside-down Jellyfish and  Anemones (below)