Oyster Thief

A series of seaweed paper art sculptures. For this group of 14 wall sculptures, I harvested Codium fragile from the ocean beaches of Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. Codium fragile is a problematic seaweed species commonly found on the East Coast of the United States. It degrades native eel grass, which provide shellfish beds. The seaweed fiber is processed into a paper pulp, and allowed to dry into irregular, dimensional forms. Finally, the forms are dipped into beeswax and bonded together.

Oyster Thief, 12 in. x 61 in. 2 in., 14 sculptures approximately 7 x 5 x 2 in. each, seaweed (Codium fragile), beeswax, 2017

Exhibited at:

• The National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Nantou County, Taiwan

• IAPMA Congress Member Exhibition, Sophia, Bulgaria

• 3rd International Paper Biennale, City Hall Gallery, Meitar, Israel