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i thought he was very creative about what he has created and that he wanted to recycle and create something better.

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Fuji wanted to spread the message about how plastic can be thrown out so easily and not cared about and also how it is now vastly spread around the world through consumption and polution.

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Fuji decided he would use the plastic toys in a specific way so it would convey a message to the older audience while keep it fun for the younger audience

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Shrek

Taiko (japanese rythm game)

James Suvillian (from monsters inc)

Bubbles (from powerpuff girls)

Spider boss dude (from monsters inc)

Victini (from pokemon)

Piplup (from pokemon)

Buttercup from powerpuff girls)

Pikachu (from pokemon)

Squeeze toy aliens

I hope it's ok if it's very specific

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He was trying to send a message to the general public about the amount of plastic we use in our consumer-based society.

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Hiroshi's intention was that he didn't want discard the toys that weren't traded. One of the exhibitions that display his artwork have toys that you can interact with so you can "reuse" them by playing with them, and see how it's like to connect with the artist.

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He used hot glue to glue his characters together and create the sculptures. The works are displayed in galleries surrounded by thousands of other plastic toys.

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He reused plastic toys and turned them into art because he wanted to reuse them.

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Ava (sorry i dont know how to move the padlet)

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Ava (sorry i dont know how to move the padlet)

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*Ava – you can just click and drag  post to move it anywhere. They way Fugi raised awareness of plastic waste through art was an interesting idea. By making these great sculptures, he made people realise how much plastic they were wasting.

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i saw quite a bit of spongebob characters there was also a lot of characters that i didn't know

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I saw toy cars, buses, sponge bob figures, mickey mouse figures. It is mainly colours that make up the mandala and the creatures.

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Fuji had around 50,000 plastic toys he had collected

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Hiroshi Fuji's work communicates the intention of material consumption and how consumerism is impacting the environment and its sustainability. This teaches children to revisit the old things and make it into new things. He does this so then children are given toys then reimagine it to become new toys. His sculptures convey messages such as we can always make something new from the old things and never forget the old toys. He is basically trying to tell us to reuse materials and make them into something new.

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Hiroshi Fuji has used around 50,000 plastic toys that he had collected overtime.

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Hiroshi Fuji intention was not to waste plastic so he is trying to tell us that we can reuse and save materials that we would originally think to throw away

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He had to think of a way to reuse all the plastic toys that weren't traded during the kaekko trade.

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he used lots for toys that had been recycled into his collection

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I saw a lot of SpongeBobs. I also saw some other things.
Elam Beattie.

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Hiroshi Fuji's intention is to not waste plastic. He is trying to tell us that we can reuse materials like plastic cars, buses and other toys.

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I saw a couple of Mickey Mouse figurines. There are also many little figures of other characters. But really all you can see is colour and it is an amazing exhibition

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He was originally going to get rid of hundreds of toys, but then thought I can do something with these.

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Fuji was trying to communicate his idea (and fact) that plastic should be reused/recycled as it is made from crude oil and crude oil is a non-renewable source.
Elam Beattie.

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Hiroshi Fuji has used 50,000 recycled plastic toys that he has collected

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What are some specific decisions Fuji made when creating this artwork? (what problems did he have to solve?)

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What intentions is Fuji trying to communicate to his audience? (what is he trying to tell us?)

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Why did Fuji make Jurassic Plastic? (what ideas was he trying to communicate?)

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Hiroshi Fuji Jurassic Plastic, 2018

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Name some techniques that Fuji uses to make his artworks (how are the works constructed? how are the works displayed?)

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Can you name some of the characters or toys you can see in the videos (eg SpongeBob, Thomas the Tank Engine)

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How many different types of toys can you see the artist using (eg 10? 20?)

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Mr Fuji said he encouraged his children to exchange their unwanted toys with other children in Japan.

Eventually, he collected thousands and his creative flair led to the recycled toy dinosaur exhibition, the dystopian-like sculptures have been dubbed 'Toysaurus'.

"My daughter had a lot of this kind of dirty plastic toys, we decide in my family 'OK try not to throw it away'," he said.

"And the good toys going to the children, and the very dirty toys or broken toys I collect in my house, that was the start."

He turned the unwanted toys into sprawling landscapes of colour and a place for children to play and learn.

About 50,000 toys have been used in the exhibition.

Jurassic Plastic Curator Kathryn Hunyor said the dinosaur playground painted a picture of excess and mass consumption.

"As you wander around and look more and more you start to feel a little uneasy and you think about the excess and the mass consumption and childhood now is just filled with plastic," she said.

The exhibition is interactive, giving guests of all ages the chance to make their own recycled masterpieces from discarded plastic toys.
Jurassic Plastic runs from January 6-28 at Sydney's Town Hall. - Additional reporting Natasha Christian

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Thousands of unwanted toys get a new lease of life for Jurassic Plastic

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Mr Fuji said he encouraged his children to exchange their unwanted toys with other children in Japan. Eventually, he collected thousands and his creative flair led to the recycled toy dinosaur exhibition, the dystopian-like sculptures have been dubbed 'Toysaurus'.

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The Story of 'Jurassic Plastic with Hiroshi Fuji'

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Sydney Festival 2018: Big Thinking - Jurassic Plastic