By Our Own Hands
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For Berta (They Fear Us Because We Are Fearless)
Materials: Shell casings, shale, smalti, stained glass Size: 16″w x 16″h x 3″d Year: 2019 A mosaic about the killing of environmental defenders like Berta Cáceres. Read the full explanation here.
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In The Belly Of The Whale
Materials: Plastic Size: 30″w x 24″h x 1″d Year: 2019 A mosaic about ocean microplastics. Read the full explanation here.
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Then They Took The Mountains
Materials: Smalti, marble, sandstone, limestone, shale, schist, calcite, petrified wood Size: 22″w x 23″h x 3″d Year: 2019 A mosaic about the destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining. Read the full explanation here.
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Beyond Oceans
Materials: Stained glass, smalti, plastic cutlery, shale, limestone, Eramosa marble, mudstone Size: 12″w x 10″h x 2″d Year: 2018 A mosaic about how microplastics aren’t just an oceans issue. Read the full explanation here.
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Surprise Is The New Normal
Materials: Marble, smalti, glass, shell, coral, quartz, desert rose, apophyllite, sea spines, porcupine quills, wire, earphones, USB cable, styrofoam, various plastic, rubber bands, knob and tube, lightbulb, harp string ends Size: 13.5″w x 19.5″h x 3.5″d Year: 2018 A mosaic about how the Anthropocene has all sorts of surprises in store for us as the […]
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The Three Horsemen
Materials: Slag, lightbulb innards, shale, mortar tesserae, cement, marble, knob and tube, earphones, red dog, limestone, brick, architectural glass, ceramic, smalti, circuit board, resistors, coal, hard rubber, gears Size: 22″ diameter (approx.) Year: 2018 A mosaic that explores the driving forces behind the Anthropocene, namely technological change, population growth, and resource consumption. Read the full […]
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By The Time We Realized…
Materials: Concrete, plastic cutlery, aluminum (Coke can) Size: 12.5″h x 10″w Year: 2018 A spin-off from my inaugural mosaic in my Anthropocene series, this piece is a letter written to future generations in some of the most prevalent materials of our time: concrete, plastic, and aluminum. Read the full explanation here.
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We Were Here Now
Materials: Plastic, metal, concrete, mortar, ceramic, coal, red dog, limestone, shale Size: 22.5″h x 16″w Year: 2018 The first mosaic in my Anthropocene series, “By Our Own Hands,” this piece explores the dizzying pace and scale at which we are producing plastic, concrete, and aluminum, to the point where they are defining characteristics of the […]
