Environmental Arts Award Finalist - Isla Parry

Ilsa Parry
Swarth
Aluminium Swarth, 30 x 30 x 30 cm

It's a light - made from Swarth!

Engineers use up tons of aluminium every year in turning metal using lathes to crate bespoke fittings and small product runs. When something is formed using a lathe, there is a waste product know as Swarth (this looks like curly springs). To make further use of this by-product it can be recycled, but - this uses energy in itself and also requires separation of the swarth (very difficult when several metals types have been used together).

The Swarth product represents how one man's junk can become another man's treasure simply by changing its context.