The diagram depicts the way in which plastic waste is utilized to create cube-shaped sculptures, commonly referred as G-Cube (Garbage cube) sculptures, by an artist.
Overall, the production of G-Cube sculptures involves three major phases: collection, compression, and molding. There are ten sequential steps, requiring the use of specific machinery as well as the artist’s hands-on experience.
The process begins with the capture of plastic waste along the coast, which is then loaded onto a truck and delivered to the artist’s studio. On arrival, the collected waste is fed into an electric crusher and broken into small fragments. In the second stage, these pieces of waste are poured into a number of 50-centimeter cube-shaped compressors, then neatly put into containers. At this step, the artist pours liquid resin (heated at 150 Celsius degrees) on the upper surface of each block, which is subsequently left for cooling in the next 24 hours. Finally, as soon as these plastic blocks are already solid, they are removed out of containers and ready for the sculpting process. The completed G-Cube sculptures are transported to an art gallery, where they are put on display for visitors.
