ACARA: Classroom Ideas: Years F-2, Exploring patterns and data with breadtags and plastic lids

the breadtag project By Emma D  23 August 2019 Illustrator Shani Nottingham collects piles and piles of bread tags in the name of art (and environmentalism). Shani Nottingham is a NSW-based illustrator and rather obsessive collector of bread tags. In 2018, she made her hoarding habits public, beginning The Breadtag Project to showcase art made from the ubiquitous…

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Jacqui Kidman & Lisa Whiston This week we share an interview with Shani Nottingham, the founder of The Breadtag Project. Shani took a simple everyday item and decided to make art with it. But in a bid to discover more, she found opportunities to do better in education, awareness building, campaigning, activism and closing the…

When Shani Nottingham noticed how much bread packaging her family was throwing out, she decided to put them to use. When Australian visual artist and teacher Shani Nottingham noticed how much bread packaging her family was throwing out, she decided to put them to use in her work, to create awareness of the environment and…

The humble breadtag is all around us, unrecognised and unnoticed. They are tiny bits of single-use plastic, that seem insignificant. But they add up, says artist Shani Nottingham, who is gathering them to turn them into art. “Basically the aim is to raise awareness of single use plastics, waste and mindless consumption of plastic,” the…

A splash of inspiration at the Cowra Business Hub Those needing some inspiration while working in the Cowra Business Hub need only look up on the wall to find it. The hub now has nine canvases providing inspiration and stimulation in the way of motivational phrases. Local artist, Shani Nottingham, produced the canvases and said…