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The Myr Tree

The Myr Tree is the winner of the Love Your Forest competition and a part of the newly launched recycling campaign in the Forest of Dean. #LoveYourForest is run in collaboration with local employer Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (Ribena, Lucozade, Shweppes), Forest of Dean District Council, Forestry England, Foresters’ Forest, and Forest of Dean & Wye Valley Tourism.

The purpose of this sculpture was to visualise the passage of time by imitating the tree’s ‘growth rings’. Each ring on this tree stump represents how many years the different materials take to biodegrade. For example, one plastic bottle takes around 450 years to decompose in nature - an oak tree would grow up to 2 metres in diameter in that time. The term ‘MYR’ stands for 1 million years – which is how long it takes for glass to biodegrade if left in nature.

The Myr Tree is now on display at the Beechenhurst visitor centre until November 2020, and will be touring around the Forest of Dean towns and visitor centres over the coming months.

All litter encapsulated in the sculpture was found at the Forest of Dean. The colourful rings were cast using the Glass Cast 50 and the Curl pigments. The rings are cast on a reclaimed industrial cable drum.

ABOUT DOROTA GRABKOWSKA

Dorota Grabkowska

Dorota is a multi-disciplinary designer, artist and entrepreneur, working across graphic, product and spatial design.

Born and raised in Wrocław, Poland, she moved to the UK in 2006 to study Design and Applied Arts. In 2016, she received the Women in Innovation Award from Innovate UK in and was recognised as one of the ‘Most promising female entrepreneurs’ by Innovate UK in July 2017.

Dorota is also the creator of the interactive installation art 'What Made Me', which has drawn attention from all over the world and has been commissioned by TEDx events, BP, Interac Canada, Tent Rotterdam, PlusX amongst other brands.


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USED IN THIS PROJECT

Want to buy the same materials and equipment used in this tutorial? We've got you!

Please find below a list of all the materials and equipment used in this project, all available to buy right here on the GlassCast website. Shown alongside each product is the approximate quantity used in the tutorial video, to the nearest full pack.

CULR Epoxy Pigment - 10 Colour Starter Set (10x20ml) Thumbnail
PG-CU-PACK10-002CULR Epoxy Pigment - 10 Colour Starter Set (10x20ml)£24.95 /each

GlassCast 50 Clear Epoxy Casting Resin - 30kg Thumbnail
EP-G50-30GlassCast 50 Clear Epoxy Casting Resin - 30kg£475.90 /kit

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ABOUT DOROTA GRABKOWSKA

Dorota Grabkowska

Dorota is a multi-disciplinary designer, artist and entrepreneur, working across graphic, product and spatial design.

Born and raised in Wrocław, Poland, she moved to the UK in 2006 to study Design and Applied Arts. In 2016, she received the Women in Innovation Award from Innovate UK in and was recognised as one of the ‘Most promising female entrepreneurs’ by Innovate UK in July 2017.

Dorota is also the creator of the interactive installation art 'What Made Me', which has drawn attention from all over the world and has been commissioned by TEDx events, BP, Interac Canada, Tent Rotterdam, PlusX amongst other brands.


CONTACT INFORMATION
Twitter@grabkowska
Websitewww.grabkowska.com
Instagram@myr_tree

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