Tiger Moving Box Series by Anja Elstner

The Art of Transformation: The Unique Creations of Anja Elstner from Asian Tigers Packing Cartons

At Asian Tigers Group, we have always been driven by our commitment to sustainability, community engagement, and innovation. This commitment to these core values recently took a remarkable turn when we had the great opportunity to work with the very talented Ms. Anja Elstner. Here, the collaboration took that most mundane of things, cartons, and transformed them into beautiful art. It is a beautiful intersection of creativity, concern for the environment, and an innate sense of giving back to society.

Hong Kong to Singapore: A Spark of Creativity Fanned into Flame

Ms. Anja Elstner moved from Hong Kong to Singapore in August 2019 with Asian Tigers’ assistance. While she was moving to her next step of life, she found a rare chance for recycling the very material through which her relocation had affected. Cardboards, which otherwise played a transitory and functional role in serving as packing cartons, turned into a canvas for her art. It is instead of dumping cartons as useless trash that Anja looked at them with a different vision and started on a mission to turn them into beautiful works of art.

Anja’s idea of recycling these packing cartons says a lot about her personality. It shows not only her artistic nature but also the depth of consideration towards the environment. At a time when the world, more than ever before, needs to be sustainable, Anja’s work becomes a reminder of how innovative ways can help save the green. It is such an innovative approach to art that it proves that beauty is found in the most unexpected places and that the simplest of materials can be turned into something really special.

Anyone interested in seeing closer works of Anja’s unique pieces can find them on the artist’s Instagram account @anjaelsti_art. Here, Anja documents her path towards an artist, showing a process leading to the development of works, their inspiration included.

An Evolution in a Creative Journey

The journey of using recycled materials by Anja has been nothing less than transformative. What started as a personal project evolved to be something much more than that. Hence, once Anja’s dedication to her craft and passion for sustainability came to the eye of the wider community, an interesting opportunity cropped up about how she would show her work through public art.

Slated to take place in Jurong, Singapore, under the Jurong Health Fund, this exhibition is going to express Anja’s artwork made out of recycled packing cartons. The event, to be located at Ng Teng Fong Hospital, means much more than being an art exhibition; it is the epitome of creativity, sustainability, and the possibility of beauty in unexpected things. Anja’s work testifies to the strength of upcycling and the incredible things that can be built with materials that would have otherwise been wasted.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, at Ng Teng Fong Hospital in Jurong. In this way, it is a real milestone in Anja’s artistic career since she will have a platform that allows her to share her innovations with more people. Moreover, it creates a space where the community can engage with art carrying messages of sustainability and social responsibility.

Art for a Cause: A Vision for the Future

Anja’s plans for her art do not stop here in the exhibition. She looks forward to using her creations in service to others in two ways: supporting herself in her art and contributing to charity. Anja is going to sell her artwork; the money derived will be given to different non-profit organizations. This project shows that, yes, art can be used to improve the quality of life for many people and also that Anja’s work is not selfish.

It is an utterly natural decision that grows directly from Anja’s commitment to being engaged in using her talents for the greater good. It is a showcasing of creativity as such an impulse, which could make a change in society and provide assistance to urgent causes. A fan of art gets not only a unique piece created by Anja but participates in a greater mission concerning sustainability and community support when buying one of her pieces.

Her futuristic vision regarding her art is a strong pointer to how creativity could, in conjunction with a sense of social responsibility, produce great change that will endure for long. Her work urges one to revise attitudes toward the materials used and how the most mundane things can be turned into something beautiful and meaningful.

Asian Tigers’ Pride in Ms. Anja Elstner’s Work

We at Asian Tigers are, therefore, extremely proud to be associated with this work of transformation and creativity. Sustainability, creativity, and community engagement are the epitomized spirits that Ms. Anja Elstner is doing for us. She seems to have a very strong commitment to values very close to our corporate ethos. We are thus excited to see how our packing cartons have been transformed into spectacular pieces of art.

The opening ceremony of the exhibition of Anja will be held at Ng Teng Fong Hospital in Jurong on the 20th of September 2023. This promises not just to be a spectacle of transformation from very ordinary-looking packing materials into an extraordinary piece of artwork, but again, also a chance to participate in a cause that speaks very strongly to the values of sustainability and community service. Join us in commemorating this unique fusion of art, environmental consciousness, and charitable giving by coming to the Exhibition.

Conclusion

As one undertakes the journey in making art out of packing cartons, the realization is powerful: creativity can change our world. The work by Ms. Anja Elstner epitomizes how art can work towards society’s betterment on such agendas as sustainability and community engagement. How she manages to turn something so ordinary into magic, most impressively turning it into something special, is amazing.

We at Asian Tigers feel privileged to have been a part of this journey and to have our packing cartons be the base for these wonderful creations of Anja. We hope this project shall inspire more to find their way in upcycling and contemplate their contribution to a greener future.

As we move on to the Jurong exhibition, let it therefore be everyone’s wish and support of this initiative to continue fronting values such as creativity, sustainability, and community service. In doing so, we will continue finding newer and more innovative ways of leaving a positive mark on our world—one art piece at a time.