I use everyday materials to explore place, ecology, and themes of re-use. Discarded materials like cardboard, paper or twigs are recycled into pieces that highlight the lifecycle of objects and extend a sense of community. I play with scale as a way to create experiences of displacement while drawing attention to how we discover and understand a location. Stacks of discarded boxes might become a mountain range yet, at the same time, retain a sense of smallness. Shifting scale draws attention to the ways in which we use our bodies to understand an environment while reconsidering what is familiar. Objects that often go unnoticed such as cars, sidewalks, boxes or trees are contextualized to bring interest to things that are often overlooked. For example, a beat-up truck filled with cardboard on its way to the recycling center reveals connections to a larger system of reclamation and the urban community. This type of interaction is at the center of my work, an engagement and reassessment of environment that invites people to see what is forgotten or de-valued. Bringing peripheral items, events or circumstances into focus allows for rediscovery of detail and new understanding of objects and place. c. 2011