By hand cutting processed food boxes, I alter the mass-produced giving value to this refuse by displaying an individual, hand-crafted object and highlighting the most untouched, natural based image within the pictorial field of an overly processed product. This contrast between the artisanal- hand made, personal, unique and the mass produced- mechanized, generic, ubiquitous, allows me to consider the value of convenience versus the value of making with my own two hands- both in the kitchen and in the studio.
Full Fruit Serving
2017
Hand Cut Found Packaging
15.5" x 8.5"
Blueberry fruit bar box hand cut into a net "containing" the printed images of non-processed blueberries
Private Collection
Red Berries
2018
Hand Cut Found Packaging
15.25" x 20.75" x 0"
Special K cereal box hand cut into a net that "contains" the only non-processed image of food found on the package; strawberries
Veiled Concentrate (Tomato)
2018
Hand Cut Found Packaging
12" x 7" x 1"
Amore' tomato paste box hand cut into a net "containing" the printed images of non-processed tomatoes found on the packaging
Veiled Paste (Garlic)
2018
Hand Cut Found Packaging
12" x 7" x 1"
Amore' garlic paste box hand cut into a net "containing" the printed images of non-processed garlic found on the packaging
Whole Grains
2017
Hand Cut Found Packaging
16.5” x 13.5”
Frozen breakfast waffle box hand cut into a net "containing" the printed images of non-processed wheat