2019

Bio-plastic (polylactic acid), rubber, wooden shelf, single channel video

The Garden of Shifting Beauty is an installation of 3D-printed camellias. It interrogates the materiality of new forms of additive manufacturing through the unusual shadows of mechanical intuition. Presented as sleek, exclusive collectibles on a static production line, the sculptures reference the flower's associations with the luxury economy and the mass-production of tea.  Robotic fabrication has married the living with the manufactured, constructing the items from corn and sugarcane-derived bioplastic.