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Helen O’Shea

Plastic

Ireland

Bi-Valve, 2019

HDPE plastic, cotton yarn, home-made sewing needles

Assembly, manual drying

29 x 15 x 56 cm

“With Helen O’Shea, recycled plastics become durable, almost organic”.

Helen O’Shea takes plastic waste, food containers, and packaging of all kinds and transforms them into imaginary sea creatures. She bases her concept on the scientific assumption that life began in the ocean depths, next to hydrothermal vents, completely devoid of light and oxygen.