Mizuki Tochigi

We all know that plastic damages the ocean for decades, however, it is still easy to find plastic bottles. It is not the material itself that is bad, but our lack of responsibility to ensure plastics don’t end up in almost all our oceans where the damage is great. One day, I saw a plastic bottle literally in a new light. Sitting next to a window and through the sunlight, suddenly I was fascinated by the cleanliness, transparency and reflection of the plastic. Looking again at plastic bottles encouraged me to treat it as precious materials. Inspired by the great oceans of the world, I am exploring the energy of ocean waves and poetic beauty of water around the body to propose a new perspective on a material that is damaging our water environment. I wanted to bring awareness to the subtle beauty of plastic bottles for jewellery and, at the same time, bring thoughts to the clean water which still can be saved if we change our action.