plastic, rocks, and various site-specific materials including nylon, beach glass, wild thyme, crustacean skeleton, porcelain, salt, plastic army men
2019, Shell House Arts
2017, MIT Climate Changed
Plastiglomerate-inspired sculptures in the shape of Arctic glaciers, primarily the Larsen-C Iceberg. "Plastiglomerate" is a term coined by Patricia L. Corcoran, Charles J. Moore, and Kelly Jazvac to define a new type of stone comprised of plastic, rock, sediment, and debris which functions as an anthropogenic marker. My project seeks to re-insert myself as a complicit member of the human species by re-making objects with detritus and plastic from local landscapes.
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Rock, waste plastic, dirt, red moss, clear plastic
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Beach detritus, broken ceramics, waste plastic, clear plastic, nylon pantyhose
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Gravel, beach detritus, take out container clear plastic
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Beach detritus, glass, waste plastic, clear plastic, nylon pantyhose
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Green army men, clear plastic, gravel
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Rock, waste plastic, dirt, red moss, clear plastic Foraged wild thyme, clear plastic
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Table salt, clear plastic
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Troy, NY + NYC