All of the plastic materials for our Trash Castle were sourced from Kehoe Beach with the exception of the PVC pipe armature and the metal rebars for mounting. In addition, to enhance the castle fantasy, a colorful pennant flew from each pole (some of this plastic material was from the beach and some was purchased). The ropes and tie-ons were all from a "ghost net" that we untangled and deconstructed.
There is a distinctive theme for each tower focusing on:
Single-use water bottles with labels — highlighting the international flavor of what washes up. The ocean as the great conveyor — bringing their bottles here, our bottles there.
Straws — just ask, do I need this?
Caps and lids — threaded on rope, hung in stacks of colorful arrangements.
Visors — inside of every baseball/sports cap there is a thin slip of plastic, the bill.
Drink cups (splayed) — for smoothies, juice, coffee, Frappicinos.
Wrappers — from sweet to savory, candy to food wrappers.
Cutlery — forks, knives, spoons — is that for here or to go?
Mylar light-than-air Balloons
Beauty Bar — toothbrushes — could that have once been mine?
Rainbow — Red- fruit and vegetable bags
Orange - tarp with pull-tabs
Yellow - raincoat with lemon squeezers
Green - plastic bags with agricultural ties
Blue - shopping bags with styrofoam meat trays
Purple - juice caps
Foam — a stack of chunks of expanded polystyrene, exuded polystyrene, styrofoam
Single-use water bottles without labels
Just orange for CalTrans
Shotgun Wads
Translucents — bags, wrappings, packaging
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