The Washed Ashore Project is a non-profit, community-based organization with a mission of educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art. Under the leadership of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, community members of all ages work together to clean up our beaches and process the debris into art supplies to construct giant sculptures of the sea life most affected by plastic pollution.
Thousands of volunteers assist in the effort and Pozzi estimates that to date they've processed about 17 tons of plastic garbage and created about 66 works of art. After continually stepping over debris on the beach near her home, Pozzi one day thought, "What if I never, ever purchase another material for art work again... what if I only use what's on the beach?"
Many of these sculptures travel around the country to various exhibits with the hope that they will show people just how bad the plastic problem is - that all of the plastic used to create these giant sculptures came from the ocean and our beaches. One of the most striking pieces is a Blue Marlin called "Flash" that was made in collaboration with Costa Sunglasses. Flash took seven months to create with 487 volunteers and nine staff members. The sculpture weighs approximately 850 pounds.
https://youtu.be/rb6aXPu-MTY
Pozzi's dream is to run out of art supplies (i.e. plastic) within her lifetime. To check out more sculptures from the Washed Ashore Project, click to washedashore.org
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 12:00
The Washed Ashore Project is a non-profit, community-based organization with a mission of educating and creating awareness about marine debris and plastic pollution through art. Under the leadership of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, community members of all ages work together to clean up our beaches and process the debris into art supplies to construct giant sculptures of the sea life most affected by plastic pollution.
Thousands of volunteers assist in the effort and Pozzi estimates that to date they've processed about 17 tons of plastic garbage and created about 66 works of art. After continually stepping over debris on the beach near her home, Pozzi one day thought, "What if I never, ever purchase another material for art work again... what if I only use what's on the beach?"
Many of these sculptures travel around the country to various exhibits with the hope that they will show people just how bad the plastic problem is - that all of the plastic used to create these giant sculptures came from the ocean and our beaches. One of the most striking pieces is a Blue Marlin called "Flash" that was made in collaboration with Costa Sunglasses. Flash took seven months to create with 487 volunteers and nine staff members. The sculpture weighs approximately 850 pounds.
https://youtu.be/rb6aXPu-MTY
Pozzi's dream is to run out of art supplies (i.e. plastic) within her lifetime. To check out more sculptures from the Washed Ashore Project, click to washedashore.org