Materials Technologies

"The Material Technologies context focuses on the application of specialist skills and techniques to a broad range of traditional, contemporary and advancing materials. Students develop knowledge and understanding of the characteristics and properties of a range of materials through research, experimentation and practical investigation, and when they make products to satisfy identified needs and opportunities. The Material Technologies context can include but is not limited to electronics, graphics, metals, multimedia, polymers, textiles, timber."

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Recycled Materials

• • 5 useful products made from ocean plastic

  • @Kittiekipper (Public page on Instagram) a fibre artist who re purposes ghost nets, discarded rope and other and marine debris to create useful and beautiful new products.

• • The charitable recycled tote bag project (Castlereagh Industries) for Vinnies stores repurposes damaged denim jeans into saleable tote bags giving new life to discarded clothing.

• • Cardboard construction could feature in a materials project. It is another low cost and interesting area to explore.

  • Products such as Makedo can be used to join cardboard pieces for small or large scale construction.

• • In these next examples students create helmets that could be used for dressing characters for video production, historical reenactment, fancy dress or drama.

You might also like to explore constructing articulated costumes or costume elements such as has been done in these examples

• The Zero Waste Network Sydney has information about places that you can both recycle and buy recycled materials from.