"Stick your Plastic up your Ars" Installation

I am an eco‑artivist by philosophy and mission, a rubbish artist by identity, and a waste mosaicist by technique. My practice emerges from the intersection of art, activism, and environmental urgency, where aesthetics meet ethics and discarded materials become catalysts for change. Since 2017 I have pioneered sustainable art, creating works entirely from waste - my 'Trashure'. I transform society’s refuse into environmental testimony, reworking discards into tesserae for mosaics, a technique unique to my practice. Waste is my prime material: minimising environmental impact whilst maximising the message. Torn between optimism and surrender, I am haunted by humanity’s self‑destructive trajectory yet sustained by belief in our capacity for resourceful innovation through systemic rethinking. My mission is to inspire empathy for the entire web of existence - not only human life, but every creature, ecosystem, and interconnected process that sustains our planet. I believe art is the closest thing to a universal language - the fibre of empathy and connection, and the most immediate and efficient means to communicate urgency for systemic change. My quest is to explore how to use art to quantify new values based on nature, rethinking our entire system as a holistic structure. In this revolution, art is both subject and vessel: it embodies sustainable practice while simultaneously opening hearts and minds to new ways of seeing our relationship with the natural world. I believe art can spark inclusive conversations and build the essential cross‑sectorial networks we need to complete this systemic revolution. My artworks make this hope visible. Whilst I see art’s role as meaningful rather than merely beautiful, in my practice these qualities converge: the more beautiful the work, the clearer its message. From waste to wonder, my creations prove that waste has intrinsic value, shifting perspectives and catalysing change. Every tessera protests disposable culture, offering fresh perspectives and embodying possibility. I embrace ethical and material limitations, working with substances often gathered over years. My material‑gathering itself becomes a connective exercise: by sourcing discards through community engagement and activist missions, I create networks across communities. Each donated item carries the weight of its origin story, and together they dismantle disposable culture.