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"Plastic Entanglements"

4/21/2019

"Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials" is at the Smith College Museum of Art, in Northampton, MA, through July 28. It is worth a visit. It is a visual reminder of what we are doing to our planet.

Chris Jordan's photo of a decomposing albatross chick in the Pacific Ocean

Margaret Wertheim's plastic sea creature, part of the Crochet Coral Reef

Mark Dion's "Institute for Invertebrate Marine Biology"

Ifeoma U. Anyaeji's "Akpalakpa II," woven of non-biodegradable plastic.

Willie Cole's chandelier of plastic bottles

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"Not Your Mother's Coiling" in Brattleboro, Vermont

4/15/2019

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It was really fun to open my home/studio for a "Not Your Mother's Coiling" workshop here in Brattleboro, Vermont. It was a little crowded with six students, but I seemed to be the only one who minded. Everything I wished to show as an example was here! So convenient. And great baskets were made!