Toilet rolls are a common craft material for preschoolers but rarely do they form the basis of a serious art exhibition.
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Ballarat artist Marcia King has spent the past 365 days making art on Who Gives a Crap toilet paper wrapping.
Ms King challenged herself to make and share art every day for a year on a medium that would otherwise be considered trash.
"I hope that it inspires people to think about how simple and accessible art can be, and to just do it. I was never intending to give away or sell any of these drawings, because they're trash - it's interesting how much value people attach to the paper once scribbled on".
The individual pieces of art on each toilet paper wrapper have then been arranged to make up a whole artwork.
Her works include a stacked toilet roll portrait of the late Bob Hawke, framed toilet paper pictures of members of the Ballarat community who she drew portraits of last year, and other artworks created during her "365 Days of Crap" which is also the title of her exhibition which opened on the weekend at Melbourne's Stockroom Gallery.
"There's a lot of Ballarat locals in it and many were people who also donated the paper to draw on so collectively they're part of the exhibition in different ways being a subject and supplier of materials," she said.
"The project is about reusing and recycling. It's about seeking our different drawing mediums and surfaces and not being restricted to more traditional material. It's about drawing just because you love to draw and eliminating the need for perfection where I can draw expressively, quickly and freely which plays into the name on the wrappers of 'who gives a crap'.
"I'm trying to get away from the whole perception of perfection - having to have the perfect type of paper and materials for artists to work on."
"So many people have helped me with this show, carefully unwrapping and saving their toilet paper wrappers for me. Now that it's come to an end, they're asking what they should do with them now".
Ms King said she initially challenged herself to draw for 365 days with no thoughts of an exhibition in mind.
"It was hard at times getting out there and doing it every day. It was just about keeping on drawing, A lot of artists stop and only draw when they have an exhibition."
She admitted piecing together the exhibition had been difficult, especially for the gallery.
The 365 separate drawings make up 70 larger artworks that are put together like a jigsaw. 365 Days of Crap is at 355A Wellington St, Clifton Hill, until July 7.
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