Re-Form: Jane Stewart

What if the things we throw away still have stories left to tell? In Re-Form, environmental artist Jane Stewart transforms discarded materials into unexpected artworks that challenge the way we think about waste, value, and possibility. Plastic packaging, unwanted objects, and overlooked materials are given a second life, becoming sculptures, installations, and creative interventions that blur the line between rubbish and resource.

At first glance, these works may appear playful, colourful, and imaginative. Look closer, however, and they reveal deeper questions about the world we live in. How much do we consume? Where do the things we throw away end up? And what might happen if we began to see waste not as an ending, but as the start of something new?

Rather than focusing solely on environmental problems, Re-Form invites visitors to imagine alternatives. Through creativity, experimentation, and transformation, Jane's work explores how positive change can emerge from the materials and systems we often overlook. The exhibition encourages us to rethink our relationship with everyday objects and consider how small shifts in perspective can inspire larger changes in the way we live.

Part of MOTE's The Shape of Change programme, Re-Form is a celebration of resourcefulness, imagination, and hope. It reminds us that transformation is possible, not only for the materials we discard, but for the ways we think about our environment and our role within it. By turning waste into wonder, Jane Stewart invites us to see potential where others might see rubbish and to imagine a future shaped not by what we throw away, but by what we choose to create.