Last Tree Trunk. $99.99 each.<\/p>\n
Made in China, $99.99 tree trunk.<\/p>\n
More than 113,000 trees were damaged or destroyed in the state of New Jersey five years ago due to severe winds and waves from Hurricane Sandy. Small branches, roots, and leaves among other debris were found scattered around through out the coastal area.Once the storm strong winds dissipated, organic materials could be found all around. They were laying on the beach sand after all the devastation.<\/p>\n
There are 269,000 tons of plastic on the surface of oceans and about 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic debris in the ocean. Industry is creating disposable products such as plastic bags, bottles, soda cans and tons of millions of plastic waste. It all ends up in the ocean\u00a0 affecting whales, sharks, coral reefs, other wildlife and us humans.<\/p>\n
Plastic products are dangerous for the animals that accidentally ingest them or become entangled by them.<\/p>\n
The action of collecting materials was important to the work in display. Bautista collected natural and artificial materials from the coastal shore area after Super Storm Sandy. Among those materials, she gathered plastic bags which merchants use daily to package the products they sell at stores like Home Depot, ShopRite or Dollar stores to name just a few.<\/p>\n
Bautista\u2019s interest in re-appropriating nature, consists in creating new forms by blending organic debris with plastic. She wanted to show how the plastic which is used to make bags for carrying objects reveals\u00a0consumerism\u00a0 and materialism to represent\u00a0 society\u2019s way of living. Materials are important\u00a0 elements to adapt while configuring a new form. Installing those plastic materials in a gallery can transform the space. Artificial trunks can become consumer products: $99.99 art objects, made in China.<\/p>\n
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