
Rubble
rubble series
As a maker who primarily works in plastics, my relationship with this substance has been a conflicted one. The seductive beauty and material magic of acrylic clashes with the disastrous impacts plastics have on our environment and health. In an effort to curb wastefulness, I’ve begun experimenting with saved offcuts and scraps. The result is Rubble, an ongoing series of brooches that recall medals and badges of honour in design, but act as emblems of contemporary conflict.
Heat-formed acrylic voids filled with "rubble" made from pigment, recycled glass, and acrylic cement, recall landfills, quarries, or industrial wasteland. The hardened, rocky slurry is both familiar and unnatural. However, its intriguing pigmentation and texture dares you to enjoy it, regardless of its substance. As embodiments of the “Waste not, want not” proverb, Rubble brooches playfully query how one might redefine their relationship to this ugly yet beautiful material.
Rubble 01 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, steel
2019
Rubble 01 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, steel
2019
Rubble 02 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, steel
2020
Rubble 02 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, steel
2020
Rubble 03 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 03 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 03 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 04 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 04 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 05 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, stainless steel
2020
Rubble 06 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, stainless steel
2020
Rubble 07 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 08 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020
Rubble 09 brooch
Heatformed and carved recycled acrylic, acrylic cement, recycled glass, pigment, brass
2020