J’s putting the finishing touches to his solar electrification. He still needs a hot water tank, so we abort the Saturday beach and head off to … RED ALERT: product placement! … Bunnings monster store. I’ve already decided to pay it a visit with the camera: it struck me on my last brief visit as having some of the attributes of an art gallery. While J heads off purposefully to Plumbing, I prowl the aisles, attracting the odd strange look as I point and shoot. J’s a bit concerned they might think I’m an industrial spy, so he keeps well clear.
Plastic is almost an insult to DJ’s wonderfully delicate orchid, with which she spends an exquisite 5 minutes in this week’s episode of RegularRandom. Go here for an antidote to the brashness of my post.
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Just when we settle down to hate plastic — we are charmed by its colours, its shapes, its patterns. Rats.
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Meg, this must have been at Ulladulla’s Bunnings. The most exciting of it’s kind, particularly thru your lens; riotous in colours, shapes and patterns. Hooray for you! I too want one of those colourful toilet seats! Prue
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There’s a new one in Batemans Bay. I can’t believe the enthusiastic response to this!!
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These are terrific. Plastic is awful stuff but your photos of the stacked chairs are really good.
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I was really conflicted about posting this because it is awful stuff. But I posted it anyway. What does that do to my authenticity!!!
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I don’t think authenticity can be measured in that way. I see your photos as a creative response to the sight of all those plastic objects . Your unique view point and the way it comes across in your photos is totally authentic. Perhaps your photos of plastic could eventually form a photographic essay on the excesses of consumption and the unrestricted use of plastic in just about everything we use these days.
After I posted my comment I went back and looked at all your photos. There are some really good ones. Who would have thought Bunnings could provide such creative inspiration.
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Ah yes, plastic. The scourge of modern life. If I’d known you were going I would have asked you to pick up a couple of toilet seats for me. Great patterns and colours here Meg.
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Now there’s a niche market. International shopper for toilet seats! The scourge was in my mind, but the patterns and colours were irresistible. No ethics.
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Love the idea of you skulking in the aisles, Meg! Some brash colour here..
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How colourful, and how brilliant of you to think of taking such mundane items and making them into something so amazing.
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Thank you. The colours and shapes sold themselves.
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And so you are – an industry spy, I mean. What a cheek! You have ruined your brief. You have made Bunnings look magnificent!
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Back to the old market-gardening days when I used to skulk around the local veggie shop, checking their prices, before pricing my stuff. And I’m well aware that their stuff is not good in the long run for the things I really love.
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Oh yes this is fabulous! I feel a series based on stores and shops coming up! What a great idea. Those feathers are VERY nice….
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You’ve already started it – spools of cotton, if I remember rightly.
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Ah yes! You’re right of course! Now….time for more shopping! 😉😉
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Oh this is such fun. Love it – what a brilliant idea.
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I have one, once in a blue moon!
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hee hee – am sure it is more frequent than that 🙂
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