The Art Of Wearable Waste 

  
Artist, Designer and Educator, Claudia Williams divides her time between educating and creating with recyclables. 
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Claudia has over 20 years’ experience as a mixed media artist. She has designed and created artworks for private commissions, public areas, and school-based projects, designed, facilitated and project managed workshops
for communities and schools around Australia.

Her studio process explores the use of recycled materials and pushing the boundaries with these mediums. The use of traditional craft methodologies within her works and her teachings helps to give her audience a new perspective of creating with recyclables and its value as a medium, not just a waste item.

Claudia has been a long time Flying Art’s Queensland Educator, touring regional Queensland communities to deliver art projects and grow community capacity through arts education and recently the project manager, creative director, artist and educator of large scale wearable art productions in Queensland, such as WAT and Dress the Central West. 

The creation of one off unique garments for editorials, musicians, film, model portfolios and her wearable art hire line are always on the go in her Brisbane based studio.
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Claudia works in collaboration with individuals, organisations, schools and communities to educate and create.

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Jump - Jacket Created From Recycled Crime Stopper Tape and Neck Piece Created From Recycled Silver - Client Junkies Magazine Photographer- Kyle Barney
PictureRevolt Collection - Created From Recycled Tyre Tube - Client Kobi Bokshish. Photographer- Anniss and Barton


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Once Upton A Time Collection - Client Lorna Evans Education Photographer- Jason Lau
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Recycled Plastic - Scorpio Jin Magazine - Photographer Theresa Hall
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Recycled rope - Shuba Magazine - Photographer - Adrian Forster
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Client - Miss Universe Australia - 2019 National Australian Costume - Model Priya Serrao - Garment created from recycled plastics, vinyl and canvas. Reproduced canvas's supplied by Red Ridge Interior Qld. Aboriginal artworks created by Jocye Crombie, Jean Barr, Jenny Parsons, Maude Monaghan, Daryl Frazer, Dwayne Kangan and Josie Schurman.
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Cover image - Recycled Twine - Photographer- Theresa Hall
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Recycled Rope and Plastic Photographer- Matthew Gianoulis
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"What I love about creating works from recycled materials is the garment and art piece really challenges people’s perception of art, fashion and recycling."