She certainly can

There is waste on the streets.  Thanks to Melbourne artist Jenny Kan, this discarded material is becoming entertaining, poignant and often quite beautiful.   In a quest to bring awareness to the amount of waste that people leave behind, Jenny takes what is seen (or indeed what has been overlooked) as unwanted refuse and returns it to the streets with a whole new context.

Materials contributing to the collection above include wrapping from a shop, a page from a magazine, food packaging, and a discarded poster.   Each creation is returned to the site where the waste was collected.  A truly closed-loop system!

How do we know about Jenny?   Many people ask us where all of the different makedo creations come from.  Not only the ones that are featured in our “I am, I can” collection, but also the incredibly intricate work of stop motion seen in the makedo minimovie.   Jenny is the source of wonder, firing her boundless enthusiasm at the task of making and has been the creator of many of our favourite outcomes. 

Having discovered us at State of Design, Jenny materialised at makedo as an intern for her final year studies. And this week Jenny graduates - CONGRATULATIONS JENNY, WAHOOOO!! Her graduate work is on display in Melbourne as part of the ACU Visual Arts and Design Graduate Exhibition, 26 Brunswick St Fitzroy from 6-14 November. Be sure to check it out.