Posts by Mariska Nell
The Last Straw Project
“The Last Straw Project” was created as part of an awareness campaign for World Environment Day, in partnership with Costa Coffee and Dubai Airports. The campaign included phasing out Costa Coffee’s existing single-use plastic straws to a more environmentally friendly option and also to encourage people to skip the straw. The globe was created from…
Read Full PostChanging The World
“Changing The World” was created as part of the Russian Federation’s Bid for Expo2025. I was among a small group of 20 international artists to each paint a life-size Matryoshka doll. The face behind “Changing The World” was to Mother Nature. Painted in black and white to represent people from all colour, ethnicity and religion…
Read Full PostWaste Me Not
“Waste Me Not” was a live installation that stretched over 30 days from earth hour to earth day in 2018. The installation was completed by Mariska Nell and Martia Peters, which represented two opposite people and the waste. Mariska represented the average global citizen and created 2-3 kg of waste per day and adding it…
Read Full PostA Million Bottles Per Minute 1
“A million plastic bottles” that is how many single-use plastic bottles are sold globally EVERY SINGLE MINUTE. This number is likely to jump up another 20% in the next year. Out of the million bottles purchased a minute, less than half gets recycled. The rest end up in the environment, landfills or our oceans, creating…
Read Full PostCoffee Addiction Lamp
“Coffee Addiction Lamp” was one of my first trash to treasure creations. I got inspired after making a coffee, like I had done so many times before. However, that day was different. I looked at the beautiful orange aluminium single-use coffee capsule in her hand and thought there had to be more to this capsule…
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