24 x 24 x 18 inches

Neon, aluminium, air-dry clay, yarn, pipe cleaners

In Collaboration with Jennifer Hauxwell, Wisconsin Sea Grant

I was drawn to the Flow Project in the first place because I wasn’t interested in the science part of environmental sciences, but I still cared about the environment and being involved in a way that I could contribute to with my own expertise. Even though the technical parts of science are not my forte, this project allowed me to learn and contribute in my own way to aquatic sciences. I know I have a place in all environments I traverse and so I affect them as well. I wanted to create a seemingly positive aquatic ecosystem. This installation is representative of a childlike coral reef. The aluminum trash fish is a dead giveaway of how hurtful humans are to aquatic ecosystems. For the rest of it, I used air-dry clay for the coral reef, pipe cleaners, neon, and yarn. Even though coral reefs are colorful and bright, that doesn’t mean they’re as healthy as they should be because of humans. I want to help spread awareness about what one can do involving water since it makes up the majority of our Earth.