Lucy Carpenter uses non-traditional materials to make a statement about the negative effects of human interaction with the environment. She did the Plastic Organ  project as her thesis work at the University of Puget Sound in 2007-2008. She is currently working on an outdoor installation for a Ronald McDonald House in Chicago, a hanging sculpture made from steel and ceramics. She lives in Port Townsend, Washington, and works at the Marine Science Center teaching and designing a traveling exhibit focused on plastic pollution in the marine environment. For more information and images, see her website at lucycarp.googlepages.com/home.

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