I Like Thursday #228

 I have a quick Thursday post today to share something kind of neat in the downtown of my city that Mike and I went and took a look at yesterday.   Since we are all creative people, I thought you'd enjoy the creativity involved in this project.

It's called the "4th Street Aquarium Project," and is set up in an empty storefront.  You just walk up and take a look through the windows.

The exhibit is an art project made completely out of recycled plastic, 

meant to look like an underwater scene.

Here's a quote from the newspaper article that lead us to go check it out.

"Look closely, and you’ll see the coral reef is made from about 2,000 plastic bags. Rubber gloves, egg cartons and crocheted newspaper bags take the form of other vegetation. Fish come to life from Hello Fresh packaging and chip bags. Styrofoam and milk jugs form a large turtle."

How about that octopus?

The two artists, Heather Rubald and Kathryn Vinson, created the underwater scene with the help of recyclables collected from community members, including something like 2,000 water bottles from Loveland High School.

I even found Nemo!

And there's the turtle in the back!

One more quote from the newspaper article, written by Pamela Johnson, from the Loveland Reporter-Herald:

"The artists hope their work will create pause for people to find ways to reuse things, to reduce their waste, to buy products with less packaging and made from recycled goods. They also hope it will create some of the joy they found in making the aquarium, as well as smiles."

Well, it's sure making me think!  Hope you're having a great week!  I'll be back tomorrow with my post for the Salt and Sand Blog Hop.

For today, I'm joining in with LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color for I Like Thursday.