Angela Louise Powell - End Of An Era
Copper electroforming, copper patination, cigarette bits, waste objects : copper mesh, copper wire, brass wire, bubble wrap, plastic packaging, cardboard packaging, salvaged dried flower arrangements, ewaste electrical wires and headphones, plastic bandaids, plastic doll hands, coffee cup lid, plastic lid, textile waste, electrical tape, plastic tape, tissue tape paper, wax, chewing gum, glue, dead nettle, dried seaweed, gold, labradorite, gold plated copper, silk fabric, dried coral, silicon, ring sizer cable ties, sand paper, salt, vinegar, 26H x 20W x 20D cm, 2025
Our age is said to be the Plastic Age. This piece is inspired by the idea of fossilised waste formed into a vessel of waste predominantly made up of plastic that has been entombed in metal and aged to erode from both its inside and outer shell to mirror the consequences of plastiglomarate formations. Looking at the history of mourning iconography the urn symbolises this piece takes on the form of an artifact from the future reflecting our generations legacy of plastic and waste as we reach a point of no return from the damage we have created in the natural world.
Copper electroforming, copper patination, cigarette bits, waste objects : copper mesh, copper wire, brass wire, bubble wrap, plastic packaging, cardboard packaging, salvaged dried flower arrangements, ewaste electrical wires and headphones, plastic bandaids, plastic doll hands, coffee cup lid, plastic lid, textile waste, electrical tape, plastic tape, tissue tape paper, wax, chewing gum, glue, dead nettle, dried seaweed, gold, labradorite, gold plated copper, silk fabric, dried coral, silicon, ring sizer cable ties, sand paper, salt, vinegar, 26H x 20W x 20D cm, 2025
Our age is said to be the Plastic Age. This piece is inspired by the idea of fossilised waste formed into a vessel of waste predominantly made up of plastic that has been entombed in metal and aged to erode from both its inside and outer shell to mirror the consequences of plastiglomarate formations. Looking at the history of mourning iconography the urn symbolises this piece takes on the form of an artifact from the future reflecting our generations legacy of plastic and waste as we reach a point of no return from the damage we have created in the natural world.
Copper electroforming, copper patination, cigarette bits, waste objects : copper mesh, copper wire, brass wire, bubble wrap, plastic packaging, cardboard packaging, salvaged dried flower arrangements, ewaste electrical wires and headphones, plastic bandaids, plastic doll hands, coffee cup lid, plastic lid, textile waste, electrical tape, plastic tape, tissue tape paper, wax, chewing gum, glue, dead nettle, dried seaweed, gold, labradorite, gold plated copper, silk fabric, dried coral, silicon, ring sizer cable ties, sand paper, salt, vinegar, 26H x 20W x 20D cm, 2025
Our age is said to be the Plastic Age. This piece is inspired by the idea of fossilised waste formed into a vessel of waste predominantly made up of plastic that has been entombed in metal and aged to erode from both its inside and outer shell to mirror the consequences of plastiglomarate formations. Looking at the history of mourning iconography the urn symbolises this piece takes on the form of an artifact from the future reflecting our generations legacy of plastic and waste as we reach a point of no return from the damage we have created in the natural world.