Drink (2026)

Size: 16 x 16 x 50 inches

Medium: Littered straws, plastic water bottles, and a cardboard box

This piece was assembled using numerous plastic straws, collected over a few hours from a small area. The area is sandwiched between a power plant and a train yard, and is filled with mattresses, tires, toilets, TVs, and other difficult to dispose of items. The base of the piece is constructed from a discarded cardboard box and is covered in plastic bottles, the majority of which were littered or left at the University of Redlands. None of the items of this sculpture were fished out of recycling or trash receptacles, but collected from the environment they were left in.

This piece comments on the number of single use plastics that are used in various drinks and how often they are discarded.