Artist Statement

My work explores the accumulation of microplastics and waste in the environment, particularly within animal bodies. Microplastics are now present in all living beings, and my work envisions how this invasion might manifest visually in the bones animals leave behind. Using found plastics, bones, and 3D printing technology, I engage with the unique properties of each material and process, discovering how they intertwine. Found plastic degrades and weaves its way through organic structures, plastic film coats surfaces, and printed plastic accumulates into new forms that echo its fossil fuel origins. Meanwhile, animal bone erodes, breaks down, and recedes in response to these intrusions.