a need to create beauty from that which has been discarded

Art for Earth’s Sake

Striving to lessen plastic pollution and overconsumption drives my creativity.

Zero waste is the ultimate goal for my practice.

Making

the

invisible

visible

Welcome, I’m Natalya.

visual artist and educator

Reclaiming and repurposing materials that often end up choking our environment or overflowing landfills has been my art practice for years. I use meditative hand stitching, alongside my industrial sewing machine, to stitch and collage layers of translucent single use plastics which would otherwise contribute to litter pollution. The transformation I subject them to makes these materials unrecognizable.

The climate emergency that the world is facing right now is informing how I live and practice my art.

I use my artwork to engage and raise awareness about the need to do better for our planet.

“Waste is merely displaced abundance.”

— Aurora Robson