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Single-use shopping bags collected from Elm Park Mere Ponds.

Glass bottles, insects and snail from Elm Park ponds, 12" x 12", 2023

Elm Park mud, glass bottles from Elm Park mere ponds, concrete, 9" x 20" x 20", 2019-2023

Debris found in Elm Park's mere ponds: take-out container, McDonald's cup, bottle safety ring, waxed bag, single use shopping bags, caution tape, dirty, and leaf litter, mud burger made with Elm Park mud, 12" x 12" x 12", 2024

Glass bottles, aluminum cans, fishing hook, tangle of fishing line found in Elm Park's mere ponds, salvaged chicken wire and copper wire, 18" x 22", 2023

Found Elm Park Mere Pond debris: neon glowstick necklace, glass beer bottle, 3" x 13", 2023

I am my own constellation. Design is the telescoping ladder that I keep in my apron.

As an interdisciplinary eco-artist, I am committed to challenging viewers to confront the impact of human actions on our natural environment. My work inspires social consciousness and sparks memories related to the act of disposal by transforming discarded materials into powerful public works of art.

My practice is built upon three key methods: interactive fieldwork, arts-based research, and appropriation of industrial processes on a human scale. I use walking and a paddleboard to collect physical artifacts from locations to create site-specific mobile studios and perform acts of maintenance in the spaces where the materials were retrieved. Circularity is a central theme, where I become the mechanism for recycling and repurposing waste as a primary medium to drive the conversation around sustainable practices and the personal protection of our ecosystems.

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