Hannah Shaw-Giles is a BA (Hons) Fine Art student at the University of Central Lancashire whose practice is driven by environmental concern and a commitment to material reuse. Working primarily with discarded and found materials sourced from charity shops and domestic waste, she transforms unwanted objects into vibrant mixed-media works that challenge conventional ideas of artistic value and production. Her materials include reused canvases, household emulsion paint, kitchen countertop fragments, and other non-recyclable detritus, which she reconfigures into layered sculptural surfaces and painted assemblages. Drawing inspiration from the Arte Povera movement, her work investigates the intersection of activism and art, seeking to eliminate “virgin materials” from her practice and instead foregrounding a creative ethics of responsibility. Through this process, Shaw-Giles reclaims waste as a site of possibility, granting discarded objects new purpose and meaning while responding critically to the climate crisis.