“An Unblighted Area” was an exhibit that told the story of building a community garden, loving a community garden, having my heart break watching that community garden be bulldozed to the ground (for reasons I’ll never understand), and now having my art studio directly across the street from that space, where an empty lot with a “no trespassing” sign stands. That sign has been there for 4 years. It’s not even the same color anymore. And no one is allowed to put a garden in that lot again.
So I built my own garden, using electrical wire from my studio, abandoned paper, old folders from people in positions of power (enough power to tear down a garden), and the empty liquor bottles that regularly litter our neighborhood.
And now that my show is over, I hope that you might take a piece of this garden. It no longer exists across the street from me, but it would make me so happy to see it live on in the homes of the community I’ve found through my art.
Measurements: The bottle is approximately 4" tall by 1" wide, with flower stems being varying lengths and sizes
Materials: Discarded plastic mini liquor bottles collected during clean-ups, e-waste (electrical wire), thrifted paper file folders, discarded gift tissue paper, and thrifted paper streamers
Colors : Multiple colors, with primary colors being peach, yellow, purple, mint green, green
Collection: An Unblighted Area
An Unblighted Bouquet #20
A portion of our proceeds are donated to environmental conservation efforts. We donate a minimum of $1,000 per year to Ocean Conservancy as part of their Business Champions for Sea Change Program. We also donate $1 to Mangrove Action Project for each package we ship. The sale of these pieces also helps to fund the direct clean-up of thousands of pieces and pounds of plastic trash, as well as helping to fund environmental education efforts.
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