2015
2023
2023
By freeing oneself from confines, we find our core; the mind (controlling all functions and thoughts). Allowing one’s self to be free of their bodily judgements and mental expectations; one can be a free spirit.
Part of the "Intuition" series and has grown to be part of the Plastic Pearl Project.
Original postcard shown at You’ve Got Mail!, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2015
1 postcard made and mailed and shown at Greetings from Montclair! Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, USA 2020
1 postcard made and mailed and shown at Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY, USA 2021
2 postcards made with non recyclable packaging* shown at Take me Home Tonight, Flemington DIY, Flemington, NJ, USA 2023 / given away in Lambertville, NJ, USA as part of Art and Found Day 2024
6 postcards made with non recyclable packaging* shown at JAN/FEB 2025 ART SHOW part of "Sum Thing Small", Flemington DIY 2025 / 4 given away in Frenchtown, NJ, USA as part of Art and Found Day 2025
2024
2025
As the primary homemaker and caretaker of my family I engage with most of the food and household packaging. Frustrated with the overwhelming amount of non-recyclable packaging and inspired by nature, at the end of 2019, I decided to act like a mollusk, taking an agitator - non-recyclable packaging that passes through my home and turning it into pearls.
"IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT PEARLS ARE THE RESULT OF PARASITES OR BITS OF GRIT THAT IRRITATE A BIVALVE'S SOFT INNARDS; THE MOLLUSC ENVELOPS THESE FOREIGN BODIES IN LAYERS OF SMOOTH NACRE TO PROTECT ITSELF (A FACT THAT GEM MERCHANTS RARELY ADMIT)."
- HELEN SCALES "SPIRALS IN TIME"
shiny non-recyclable “glitter” mimics mother of pearl (nacre).