lacuna (plastic zone)
plastic ice bags, thread, shellac, dirt, acrylic, encaustic, oil, steel
2010
plastic ice bags, shellac, thread, acrylic, carved encaustic, oil, steel
2010
For this series, lacuna (plastic zone), I began collecting plastic that was destined for the landfill. I had previously read about the plastic islands in the sea, as well as the relationships between continuous small exposures to synthetic substances and human health.
I found myself preoccupied with saving all of the plastic from my consumption habits. I began tearing the pliant material and crafting the sheets, as one would a basket, into cocoons, structures for erythrocytes, breeding healthy cells within a repurposed plastic landscape. The constant reuse allays my guilt while the obsessive stitching allows me to think with my hands.