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Informationen zum Autor Jane Perkins earned a degree in Interior Textiles/Surface Design from the Somerset College of Arts and Technology. During her final year! she worked mainly with found materials! especially beach debris and driftwood. She wrote her degree thesis on Art and Design from Recycled Materials. Today! she works almost exclusively with plastic parts that she finds at charity shops! car boot sales! recycling centres! or is given by friends and neighbours. Her work is exhibited across the UK! Europe! Asia! and the US. Her portraits have won several People's Choice Awards at Open Exhibitions and collectors pay over $3000 for one of her pieces. Learn more at: bluebowerbird.co.uk. Zusammenfassung Upcycling meets fine art in the work of British artist Jane Perkins! who re-creates iconic paintings using found objects. Jane Perkins uses almost anything she can find--buttons! plastic toys! LEGO pieces! beads! and more! to "re-make" iconic paintings such as Da Vinci's Mona Lisa ! Van Gogh's Sunflowers ! and Monet's Waterlilies . Perkins says! "I enjoy using materials which have a history! and love art with an element of fun and the unexpected." Each month of the Plastic Classics 2017 Wall Calendar features one of her colourful creations. Like in Impressionism! each image can be viewed as a whole! as well as in detail to identify some of the materials used.