Islands Table
Ocean Plastic, Epoxy, and Salvaged Wood on Steel Frame
21.5″ x 42″ x 17″
2023

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This table is made from salvaged hardwoods with unrecyclable plastics and epoxy flowing through it and sealed with a food safe finish.

This piece recycled 1,004 grams of unrecyclable plastic.

Plastic Poetry 005.1 & 005.2
Ferguson Senior High School
Recycled Plastic Waste
2022

Text by by Angelique Fuentes and Luisa Ramos, students from John A. Ferguson Senior High School. Commissioned by O, Miami & Miami-Dade County.

This piece recycled 2,977 grams of unrecyclable plastic.

127 Letters
Recycled Plastic Sprues on Panel
12″ round
2024

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A sprue is the waste that is removed from a product created via an injection mold process. This piece is made from 127 sprues, representing 127 injected letters. This piece recycled 500 grams (1.1lbs) of plastic manufacturing waste.

A few of the pieces in the Aqua Party’s silent auction tonight

Plastic Poetry 009 at Belafonte TACOLCY Center with @freeplasticorg and @omiamifestival.

Plastic Poetry is a series of community activations that mashes up an educational workshop on the realities of recycling and plastic pollution with community/beach cleanups, public art, and poetry.

I’m honored and thrilled to be selected along with Avi Young and Magnus Sodamin for this year’s Art on the Plaza at Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami.

I am excited to be bringing Plastic Poetry to the North Miami community. Stay tuned for more info.

One Pound Table
Ocean Plastic, Epoxy, and Salvaged Wood on Steel Frame
22″ x 42″ x 17″
2021

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This table is made from reclaimed hardwood with a river of unrecyclable plastics and epoxy flowing through it and sealed with a food safe finish.

This piece recycled 454 grams of unrecyclable plastic.

HEXES 001
2024. Ocean Plastic and Salvaged Plywood. 31 x 11 inches.

Yellow vinagre bottles, white cloro bottles, and black crab traps routinely wash up on South Florida beaches and are all unrecyclable. HEXES is a decorative exploration of the patterns found within our reclaimed plastic waste.

Plastic Poetry 014
Treasure Island Elementary
Recycled Plastic Waste
2024

Text written by by first grade students from Treasure Island Elementary commissioned by O, Miami.

This piece recycled 1,878 grams of unrecyclable plastic. Photo by Chantal Lawrie.

SHATTERED 002
Ocean Plastic, Epoxy, and Salvaged Wood
18″ x 11″ x 1″
2024

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Serving board made from reclaimed/salvaged hardwoods with a river of unrecyclable plastics and epoxy flowing through it and sealed with a food safe finish.

This piece recycled 42 grams of unrecyclable plastic.

Plastic Glass 003
Epoxy Waste, Epoxy, and Salvaged Wood
16″ x 16″ x 0.75″
2024

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The Plastic Glass series is a set of faux-stained glass pieces that are made from the waste created from our epoxy-based creations. This series represents the first line of products made from recycling our own waste.

Plastic Ocean 001
Plastic Pollution and Epoxy
11″ x 33″ x 1″
2019

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The Plastic Ocean series is created from tinted epoxy mixed with unrecyclable plastic pollution sourced from local South Florida ecosystems.

This piece contains 354 grams of unrecyclable plastic.

SCREWED 003

Acrylic and Screws on Salvaged Wood
45″ x 29″
2008

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The SCREWED series are crafted from salvaged hardwoods & construction waste, with acrylic paint and screws.

JM Guitar | Nathan Moyer x Jesse Fishman

Partnered up with Jesse Fishman to build our first guitar out of salvaged mahogany and nearly 1.5lbs of unrecyclable ocean plastic. I completed the body, and Jesse Fishman completed the neck and assembly.

One of my favorite installations from 2024 was at Orchard Villa Elementary with words by Eugene, a thrilled grader at the time.

The letters are made from 3.99 lbs of recycled post-consumer plastic and plastic pollution harvested from various beach cleanups held throughout Miami-Dade County.

SHATTERED Coffee Table

Recycled damaged steel chair frames from Sozo Sushi Bar into bases for a series of mid-century modern coffee tables.

The SHATTERED top is made from various salvaged hardwoods, one pound of unrecyclable plastic pollution, and epoxy.

31” wide, 40” long, and 16” tall

“Hope will never be silent” –Harvey Milk

The first piece in a new series of sculptures made from plastic pollution collected throughout South Florida communities.