Wood plant

salvaging the remnants of ancient forests

in her blog entry last xmas, which is generally hilarious, shannon wrote that "to teach sculpture is to participate in turning valuable materials into waste; sculpture is itself a somewhat environmentally unethical pursuit."

indeed. it is generally unethical to produce non-functional objects from virgin material, especially when its student work that will likely be discarded or neglected after critique.

but we are not locked in to the cycle of rampant consumption, and as artists (free-thinkers and creatives) we should have the ability, desire, and conscience to adapt ourselves and our ideas to the materials available from salvage and secondhand sources.

thankfully, these wonderful people are here to help us:

http://www.ohmegasalvage.com/Showroom%20Pages/salvage_list.htm

http://www.driftwoodsalvage.com/

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/

http://cache.consumerist.com/assets/resources/2007/06/Freegans%20All%20About.jpg

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merry gleaning!