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One Plastic Beach: A California Couple Turns Tons of Plastic Debris into Art

January 1, 2012

Christopher Jobson

For the past several years Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting tons of plastic debris off a small stretch of beach near their Norther California home. The plastic is cleaned, categorized and stored before its utilized in their assorted projects including sculptural work, photography, large-scale museum installations, jewelry and art prints. Learn more here. (via vimeo)

 

 

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