Spring Sprung

2022
Recycled paper pulp and steel wire
Main Window Dumbo, Brooklyn, NY

This public installation consists of mobiles I make with waste paper I collect and process. I collect used and unusable color photo background paper rolls from artists and photographers in my Brooklyn studio building, break the paper down to pulp, and mix with an archival binding compound to make air-dry clay, which when dry, becomes lightweight and durable while retaining its original color. There are no added paints or pigments. I mix multiple papers to produce additional colors in the same way I would mix paints.