Offcuttings

Repurposed MDF, nails, single-use plastic, spray paint

Off Cuttings explores the cross-pollination between synthetic materials and the natural world, reimagining plastic waste as the foundation for a reinvented landscape.

The work’s ‘clippings’ are created from leftover fragments of a previous project, Kōwhai Grove. Through a repetitive process of cutting and heat-shaping single-use plastics, the artist uncovers the material’s surprising versatility. While each piece may begin as a duplicate, the application of heat causes subtle distortions, echoing the irregularity and individuality of organic forms.

By propagating new work from materials often dismissed as waste, the artist seeks to foster a more sustainable creative practice, one that challenges how we define and value waste.

Grouped en masse, the plastic clippings interact in conversation with one another, forming a synthetic field that evokes natural beauty while simultaneously confronting viewers with the scale of the plastic crisis.

Exhibitions
Morsel, (RE:USE Collective), Easel Gallery, Auckland 2023
Earth Matters, (RE:USE Collective), Arthaus Contemporary, Auckland 2022