kate dodd

14 stalks, 12’ x 2’ x2’, repurposed plastic water bottles

commission for Kaus Way, Summit Public Art, Summit, NJ

“Efflorescence”, originally meaning “to flower out” in French, is a playful interpretation of a planting bed in full bloom. More recently the term is used to describe an undesirable residue, which is one way to think about the amount of plastic waste we generate.