“Arborescent Metamorphoses” (“Métamorphoses Arborescentes”) Havas – Paris
The environment becoming inundated with plastics pollution and the devastation caused by Storm Aurore in 2022 were the starting points for the creation of 5 tree-like sculptures with a message by William Amor. The artist uses petrochemical waste materials to create dreamlike, psychedelic decorative pieces, and in so doing brings about a metamorphosis, transforming discarded stray plastic into objects of beauty, with a touch of poetry. This discarded plastic blossoms and blooms on fallen tree branches that have broken off in the storm, and have been found strewn across the streets of Paris. The branches were recovered by the artist and painstakingly transformed, patinaed, preserved and varnished, to be reborn as imperishable and timeless sculptures. These five sculptures are a homage to the beauty and fragility of living beings. The artist presents Lyrica Synthetica ‘Borealis’, Petrochemical Romance (“Romance Pétrochimique”), Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘Poetic Republic’ (“Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘République poétique’”), Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘Blue Twins’, and Petroleus Toxica ‘Blue Moon’
Lyrica Synthetica ‘Borealis’
Message-bearing floral decorations hand-crafted by transforming plastic bottles and stray fishing net, with a jewellery-style setting finished in silver metal.
Mounted on a fallen linden tree branch recovered from Boulevard Richard Lenoir that has been varnished and coated in resin, with a solid oak base.
H. 250 cm × L. 110 cm × W. 115 cm
Petrochemical Romance (“Romance Pétrochimique”)
Ornements floraux messagers confectionnés par l’ennoblissement de bouteilles plastique et filet de pêche errants, canettes en aluminium abandonnées, apprêt bijou argent
Montage sur branche de laurier résinée et vernie (Branche récoltée Villa du Lavoir), socle en chêne massif
H. 220 cm × L. 160 cm × l. 130 cm
Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘Poetic Republic’ (“Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘République poétique’”)
Message-bearing floral decorations hand-crafted by transforming plastic bottles, stray fishing net and discarded aluminium cans, with a jewellery-style setting finished in silver metal.
Mounted on a fallen bay tree branch recovered from Villa du Lavoir that has been coated in resin and varnished, with a solid oak base.
H. 220 cm × L. 160 cm × W. 130 cm
Aurora Storm Pollutea ‘Blue Twins’
Message-bearing floral decorations hand-crafted by transforming plastic bottles and stray fishing net, with a jewellery-style setting finished in silver metal.
Mounted on a fallen plane tree branch (broken off during Storm Aurore and recovered from Avenue de la République) that has been varnished and coated in resin, with a solid oak base.
H. 220 cm × L. 140 cm × W. 120 cm
Petroleus Toxica ‘Blue Moon’
Message-bearing floral decorations hand-crafted by transforming plastic bags and stray fishing nets, with a jewellery-style setting finished in silver metal.
Mounted on datura, patinaed with an ebony finish and coated in resin, with a solid oak base. This organic material was collected in the Gare de l’Est district of Paris.
H. 155 cm × L. 150 cm × W. 90 cm
