2019 - Vancouver - Waste to Wonder Exhibit - 2 of 3
Metropolis at Metrotown hosted Waste to Wonder, the largest flip flop animal art exhibit in the world handcrafted by Ocean Sole Africa. The beaver was there for visitors to touch the flip-flop art.
Ocean Sole used 6,579 recycled flip flops to fashion 5 at-risk Canadian life-size animal sculptures on display from August 8 – September 8, 2019 in the mall Grand Court.
Over 47,000 kilograms of flip-flop waste is discarded annually. Ocean Sole’s mission is to upcycle the Earth’s flip-flop pollution into inspiring art, promote conservation & create employment.
This year, Ocean Sole has transformed over 750,000 discarded flip-flops and upcycled them into unique and wonderful art.
Ocean Sole is a Kenyan social enterprise, that upcycles washed up flip-flops found along the beaches and waterways in Kenya.
Inspired by the toys children were making out of the flip-flop debris, Julie Church, the Ocean Sole Founder, encouraged their mothers to collect, wash, and cut the discarded flip-flops into colourful products to sell at local Kenyan Markets as another means of income for their families.
Ocean Sole turns flip-flops into art and functional products and in turn raise visual awareness of the problem at hand.
By creating their pieces they create employment for a country that has 40% unemployment. They also send a message about how we can help our planet, our oceans and people, through creating beautiful art that portray an important message about the state of our oceans.
The sculptures are available for purchase through an online auction with all proceeds donated to Variety – The Children’s Charity.
2019 - Vancouver - Waste to Wonder Exhibit - 2 of 3
Metropolis at Metrotown hosted Waste to Wonder, the largest flip flop animal art exhibit in the world handcrafted by Ocean Sole Africa. The beaver was there for visitors to touch the flip-flop art.
Ocean Sole used 6,579 recycled flip flops to fashion 5 at-risk Canadian life-size animal sculptures on display from August 8 – September 8, 2019 in the mall Grand Court.
Over 47,000 kilograms of flip-flop waste is discarded annually. Ocean Sole’s mission is to upcycle the Earth’s flip-flop pollution into inspiring art, promote conservation & create employment.
This year, Ocean Sole has transformed over 750,000 discarded flip-flops and upcycled them into unique and wonderful art.
Ocean Sole is a Kenyan social enterprise, that upcycles washed up flip-flops found along the beaches and waterways in Kenya.
Inspired by the toys children were making out of the flip-flop debris, Julie Church, the Ocean Sole Founder, encouraged their mothers to collect, wash, and cut the discarded flip-flops into colourful products to sell at local Kenyan Markets as another means of income for their families.
Ocean Sole turns flip-flops into art and functional products and in turn raise visual awareness of the problem at hand.
By creating their pieces they create employment for a country that has 40% unemployment. They also send a message about how we can help our planet, our oceans and people, through creating beautiful art that portray an important message about the state of our oceans.
The sculptures are available for purchase through an online auction with all proceeds donated to Variety – The Children’s Charity.