The plastic bottle jewellery project has been developed for the Saharawis refugees in a barren and remote stretch of the Algerian desert. Over half of the Saharawi population lives there since 1975 when Morocco invaded and illegal annexed their territory, the Western Sahara.
This project was initiated in my previous university (London Metropolitan) where I met Danielle, from the charity Sandblast.
On Sandblast website:
http://www.sandblast-arts.org/
you can find an extremely good introduction to the Saharawis, the conflict in Western Sahara, the refugees camps and also the problem of identity Saharawis people are facing. Indeed, after the first importance issues such as: getting water or food in the camps etc, Saharawis are facing the issue of loss of their culture and specificity which has been threatened a lot by the conflict.
- introduction
- saharawis
- workshop
- technique
- outcomes
- continuation
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