Acrylic on recycled tin cooking oil can

28cm by 40cm by 33cm

Alex was given the brief to make art from waste which accumulates on Mount Everest. The proposed project in collaboration with Sagarmartha next will be up-cycling rubbish to create sculptures of the surrounding himalayan mountains. Alex selects from the waste, a can that has features resembling part of a mountain or glacier. He then goes on to shape them more with hammers and finally builds up layers of paint to resemble the unique forms of the landscape such as glaciers and crevasses. The work comments on the fragile nature of the most sublime region of our planet, therefore the work responds to the need for conservation and pollution reduction. By taking the very waste that would other wise be burnt or buried on these mountains and transforming it into something of worth it helps to preserve these very places for future generations. These series of works serve to remind us of the glacial places that are seriously at risk due to human impact, pollution, rubbish and unsustainable consumption are a direct threat to the very landscape thats most cherished in our world. These mountains made out of rubbish remind us of what is at stake and serve to inspire new relationships with what we regard as useless waste.

Nanga Parbat, locally known as Diamer is the ninth highest mountain  in the world at 8,126 metres (26,660 ft) above sea level. Located in the Diamer District of Pakistans Gilgit Baltistan  region, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the  Himalayas The name Nanga Parbat is derived from the Sanskrit words nanga and parvata which together mean "Naked Mountain". The mountain is locally known by its Punjabi name Diamer or Deo Mir, meaning "huge mountain".

Nanga Parbat is one of the eight-thousanders . An immense, dramatic peak rising far above its surrounding terrain, Nanga Parbat is known to be a difficult and challenging climb.