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When Will Our Homes Be Plastic Too?

by Shana Medel

Medium: Mixed Media: Used Plastic, Canopy, Fabric, Spray paint, Cardboard, Paper

Size: 10ft x 10ft x 8.1ft

When Will Our Homes Be Plastic Too? explores the idea of how humans for decades have been polluting the Earth with plastic waste. We are essentially replacing the homes of countless animals worldwide with this toxic material. The issue is only going to get worse if nothing changes, so it’s only a matter of time until our homes will become a wasteland of plastic as well. In this piece, I have created a house made completely of plastics and other recyclable materials that I have found in my own home, as well as plastics I have been able to collect from my community.  I found an old canopy that I have used for the base of the house structure, which I have then wrapped in recycled plastic and spray painted in abstract shapes to represent the microplastics found in the ocean. The table, chair, and flower vase were created using an array of plastic bottles, cans, string, fabric, and cardboard. The human figure is made out of chicken wire, old clothes, and spray paint. This piece is meant to spark thought into the viewer about how our world may look in the future if we keep mass producing a material that takes thousands of years to decompose.

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Shana Medel grew up in Escondido, CA and now attends California State University San Marcos. She is a Visual Arts major with a focus in 2D art and mixed media. She has worked with Zentangle, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Shana is a part of the Staircase Exhibition, which is an art club on campus where artists collaborate to create projects exploring different concepts such as environmentalism and pollution. Staircase Exhibition has showcased their project, “Reuse Project” on campus, at TheHillStreetCountryClub, at the EDCO office, and Back Fence society. Her work has also been shown at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Her ambition is to become a tattoo artist with a focus on blackwork and sacred geometry

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