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The Aquinas High School students opted to make do with what they had, rather than buying a new planter.
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Alex Deshlar, left, and Katie Wesely work on their recycled sculpture in art class at Aquinas High School. The project is for the Habitat for Humanity Earth Day Recycling Challenge. Erik Daily photo |
“We smashed the pots and began piecing them together,” Gilles said.
The end result is a recycled pot — affixed with hot glue — that holds soil, water and a growing tomato plant, Graf said.
They created the project for the first Habitat ReStore Recycling Challenge, which asked local students to make a functional piece of art from reusable materials to promote and encourage waste reduction.
Valley View Mall will display the projects created by students from Aquinas and Central High schools and Lincoln Middle School beginning Tuesday. The projects will be at the mall all week for the community to see and vote on to help choose the winning project.
Josh Bilskemper used soda cans and cardboard to create a table.
“I do woodwork at my house and I build tables,” Bilskemper said. “I thought it would be pretty handy and tried it out.”
The useable piece of
furniture was “much easier” to make than Bilskemper’s usual projects and supports a fair amount of weight.
Other students in Gary Boisvert’s 3-Dimensional design class made a disco ball out of used CD’s and a lamp out of a used clarinet.
Kelly Schams, Erik Olson and Kelley Check took PVC pipe, soda cans and an old light fixture to make a stylish, usable lamp.
They’d planned on a much larger project, Olson said, but the materials the group had available “kept getting smaller.”
Katie Wesely and Alex Deshler used long brush strokes to paint Mother Earth’s arms gold. They planned to attach the arms to a mannequin’s body and have them holding a globe and a recycled clock.
“People have such busy lives,” Wesely said. “They are very time conscious.”
Autumn Grooms can be reached at (608) 791-8424 or agrooms@lacrossetribune.com.
