SALVAGE

In this episode of Salvage, I talk with Sandra Guze, whose work I discovered at the exhibit where we both have work on view. Her solo show, A Woman of a Certain Age , filled a whole gallery with sewn paper, repurposed objects, and 300 yards of pink tulle. What stayed with me most is how much of Sandra’s practice is experimentation. She works on many pieces at once and doesn’t force a resolution. A pair of toddler panties sat on her worktable for a year and a half before she realized they belonged in another piece. A poem and a World War II life jacket took a couple of years to become a video installation. Right now she’s experimenting just to experiment, sewing panty liners, filling wax paper packets with Barbie accessories, and wondering if they might become a quilt. She also still has a roll of foil duct insulation she hasn’t figured out how to use. If you’re stuck on a piece, this conversation is a reminder that it’s okay to let it sit, and to play in the meantime. https://sandraguze.weebly.com/ https://substack.com/@sandraguze Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

In this solo episode of Season 3, I’m sharing my own art journaling practice: how it began in 2007, how it has changed over the years, and why I’m returning to it now. I’m also announcing the Creative Detour, a 7-week experimental workshop (November 3 to December 20) built on weekly scavenged-material prompts. Want a taste first? Join me for the free preview, “The Scenic Route,” on Friday, October 30 at 12 noon Eastern. Email me or DM me on Instagram for the Telegram group link. Know an artist I should interview, or a sustainability-minded company that might sponsor the show? Send suggestions to natalya@artbynatalya.com https://www.ecoloop.art/creative-detour-reimagine Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Julie Peppito. Julie transforms the waste of our culture into objects of strangeness and beauty. She has been creating sculptures, tapestries, and installations that are about connection, repairing the Earth, and the human condition for over 30 years. She creates sewn, painted and sculpted narratives that show connections between people and the planet we share. She salvages the excess of societal waste, transfiguring almost everything she finds — mangled wire, rubber toys, jewelry scraps, and much more — into precise constructions. AND she is an amazing artivist as well - creating the most gorgeous signs for all the important protests. This is an important and timely conversation, and the most political episode yet. Please enjoy! Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Join me for an exciting solo episode! From Soviet-era thrifting to plastic masterpieces, I share my journey of creative reuse, the thrill of organizing the Salvage Art Summit, and my mission to transform waste into art. I cannot wait to share it all with you—get ready to see trash as treasure! https://www.salvageartsummit.com/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

In my first solo episode, I announce the Salvage Art Summit—a free, virtual event (September 24–26) for artivists who transform waste into art and champion sustainability. I’ve gathered artists, activists, and wellness practitioners to share techniques, strategies, and tools to fuel our creative resilience. Registration opens September 3—join the waitlist at SalvageArtSummit.com for early access! Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

I loved talking with Reece Brice, whose mushroom sculptures turn plastic waste into something magical. Each piece is a single bottle, transformed by heat and imagination into organic, glowing forms—like a forest of mycelium breaking down the past and growing a new future. His installations, lit from within with fishing line ‘roots’ and dancing light, feel alive, almost breathing. Reece sees plastic not as trash, but as a material waiting for its next life, and his mushrooms are a poetic reminder that repair is possible—if we just learn to listen to nature’s quiet genius. https://reecebrice-art.shopstar.co.za/ https://www.instagram.com/reecebrice.art/ https://humanities.uct.ac.za/michaelis/contacts/reece-brice https://www.lumenocity.art/artists-alley/reece-brice https://humanities.uct.ac.za/michaelis/articles/2024-11-05-michaelis-alumni-reece-brice-showcases-work-ucts-idm Biophilia, book by Edward Wilson https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674074422 Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, marine biologist,policy expert,writer https://www.ayanaelizabeth.com/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Theda Sandiford has had a treasure box since she was three years old. These days it's a series of labeled plastic bins — but the impulse is exactly the same. In this conversation, the fiber artist and activist (whose work is now in the Guggenheim collection, no big deal) talks about salvaging marine debris on the beaches of St. Croix, deconstructing a six-inch tow rope down to individual fibers, dyeing wine corks indigo, and why cleaning ocean waste is somehow more meditative than doing laundry. We also get into collective healing through crochet, reading neighborhood gentrification through street trash, and the 20-year paper doll project that's still in progress. Come for the art, stay for the Depeche Mode jean jacket story. https://thedasandiford.com/ https://www.instagram.com/misstheda/ https://thedasandifordart.com/ Contemporary African Art Fair https://www.1-54.com/ https://elanatsui.art/ https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/grandmacore-aesthetic-anti-aging-fears Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

🌊 Dive into Currents of Connection : A Tapestry of Art, Water, and Repurposed Magic! 🌊 In this episode of Salvage , we’re wrapping up our three-part series on Currents of Connection — a breathtaking 32-foot collaborative artwork by the Repurposer Collective. Each artist took a piece of the puzzle, weaving ocean current maps with photos of clouds and waves, all crafted from repurposed materials. The result? A fluid, multidisciplinary masterpiece that celebrates water as the ultimate connector. From Michelle’s hand-stitched layers to Judie’s glow-in-the-dark thread experiments, Maureen’s plastic-sewing adventures, and Patty’s crumpled-paper mountains, every block tells a story. Hear how these artists tackled challenges, embraced limitations, and discovered new techniques — all while creating something far greater than the sum of its parts. Tune in to hear their laughter, insights, and the sheer joy of seeing their individual visions flow together into a stunning, cohesive whole. Whether you’re an artist, an eco-warrior, or just a lover of creativity, this episode will leave you inspired — and maybe even itching to join the next collaborative project! 🎧 Listen now and ride the wave of repurposed artistry! Michelle Sirois-Silver https://www.michellesirois-silver.com/ Judie Payne Maureen Farmer https://www.maureenfarmerfiberart.com/ Patty Gates https://www.instagram.com/gates.patty/ Teresa Stoller https://www.instagram.com/beachdreamsstudio/ Nancy Turbitt https://nancyturbitt.com/ Mindy Kombert https://www.plasticandpearls.com/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

In this episode, I'm sharing a recording of a live panel event I hosted at MAPSpace gallery during Repurposer Collective's second annual exhibit. I'm joined by two incredible artists, Anne Percoco and Cindy Pease Roe, for a conversation about their practices transforming found materials and waste into compelling works of art. Anne shares projects ranging from a sculpture made of over a thousand water bottles on a sacred Indian river, to street trash shaped into oysters and leaves. Cindy talks about her 15 years working with marine debris — including a 14-foot great white shark installed at Cape Cod — and her nonprofit UpSculpt, which brings ocean plastic education into schools. Facilitated by Beyond Plastics, we cover everything from storage and cleaning techniques to health precautions, the role of artists in addressing climate change, and what it really feels like to pick up trash in public. I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did! https://www.cindypeaseroe.com/ https://annepercoco.carbonmade.com/ https://www.beyondplastics.org/ https://www.upsculpt.com/ https://www.rebeccasolnit.net/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Currents of Connection: How Art, Water, and Community Weave a 32-Foot Tapestry of Unity Dive into the inspiring story behind Currents of Connection —a breathtaking 32-foot collaborative tapestry created by the Repurposer Collective. In this episode of Salvage , artists share their personal journeys of transforming NASA ocean current maps and repurposed materials into a stunning, unified artwork. From the thrill of creative problem-solving to the joy of collective creation, discover how this project celebrates connection, sustainability, and the elemental power of water. Hear firsthand how each artist’s unique voice harmonizes into a powerful statement about community, creativity, and our shared planet. Listen now and explore the beauty of art that binds us all. Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Caledonia Curry aka Swoon. This is a warm, wide-ranging conversation Callie talks about her journey from street art and wheat-paste portraits to massive collaborative installations built from salvaged materials – including the famous floating rafts seen at the Brooklyn Museum. She shares how reuse has been central to her practice from the start, driven by environmental awareness and a love of found materials. The conversation also touches on her humanitarian work in Haiti, the tension between solo and collaborative creating, her deep connection to the ocean, and her current shift toward storytelling, puppetry, and stop-motion animation. https://swoonstudio.org/ https://www.uncsa.edu/kenan/artist-as-leader/caledonia-curry.aspx https://www.heliotropefoundation.org/ https://musicboxvillage.com/ TEDxBrooklyn 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5298KZuW_JE Finding Good in Our Own Limitations, TEDxPittsburghWomen 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUjIlXmXptU Swimming Cities of Serenissima - Empire Me https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5dwosy https://www.faile.net/ https://swoonstudio.org/#/submergedmotherlands/ https://deitch.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Dark_Dark https://riversofsteel.com/attractions/carrie-furnaces/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

What do a penny in a nightlight, a suitcase of family mending, and 500+ women named "Unknown" have in common? Anchorage artist Amy Meissner joins the Salvage podcast to talk about turning inherited textiles into powerful art, teaching repair as self-care, and why the thing spontaneously combusting in her house was her . This conversation will make you want to dig out your mending pile immediately. https://www.amymeissner.com/ https://www.instagram.com/amymeissnerartist https://dairybarn.org/quilt-national-archive-history-2/ https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/ https://momentummag.com/bike-pogies-101-elevate-your-winter-bicycling-game/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

What happens when 24 artists say yes to a shared prompt… and trust the current? 🌊 This episode of Salvage kicks off a special multi-part series about Currents of Connection — a 32-foot collaborative artwork stitched, collaged, painted, and assembled by members of the Repurposer Collective. We talk about: • receiving a single block and trusting the whole • working with limits, deadlines, and doubt • plastic, paper, fabric, dryer sheets, and “trash” as material • collaboration as both method and message Every stitch feeds the wave. Every voice matters. Just like water itself. 🎧 Listen to Part 1 wherever you get your podcasts 📺 Full visual episode on YouTube (trust me — this one’s worth seeing) https://www.repurposercollective.com/ https://www.repurposercollective.com/currents-of-connection Cathy Mitchell https://www.instagram.com/old_doxie Sharon Williams https://www.instagram.com/williamssharoneco Ellen November http://ellennovember.com https://www.instagram.com/ellennovemberfiberart Ana Szilagyi http://www.anaszilagyi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/anaszilagyi Marsha Borden http://www.marshaborden.com https://www.instagram.com/marshamakes Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Aaron Kramer. By exploring the intersection between the found and fabricated in his sculptural work, Aaron seeks a deeper understanding of the transcendent nature of ordinary objects. His work is often of a woven nature. Street sweeper bristles or reclaimed hardwoods are woven over welded steel armatures creating a skin. Whether skinning an object or new ways, he is excited by the process of reinvention. At the core of this sensibility is the belief that “trash is the failure of imagination”. http://www.urban-objects.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@urbanobjects https://www.instagram.com/urbanobjects/?hl=en https://craftcouncil.org/ Wolf E Miro https://closeoutjewelryfindings.com/ https://theloftatlizs.com/ https://rediscovercenter.org/ https://www.tinkeringschool.com/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Christopher Ender Coryat. Ender is a multidisciplinary artist and curator based in New York. His practice confronts systems of control through deeply personal, material-based investigations. Drawing on his lived experience with epilepsy and disability, Ender creates sculptural installations, performances, and pigment-based paintings that center the body as a site of vulnerability, resistance, and transformation. Often working with pharmaceutical pigments ground-down medications once prescribed to him, he explores spaces like bathrooms, hospitals, and other liminal zones as sites of solitude and survival. His work challenges the boundaries between the private and the public, the sacred and the clinical, using form, texture, and sonic experimentation to guide viewers through layered, embodied narratives. https://www.christopherendercoryat.com/ https://www.instagram.com/endercoryat/ https://www.salkschool.org/ https://cooper.edu/ https://www.artstudentsleague.org/ Fragmentation of Identity Show- Closes January 20th https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/en/exhibition/14879514/fragmentation-identity ALLICETTE Y EL PAIS DE LAS MARAVILLAS (ALLICETTE IN WONDERLAND) https://artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/node/14714157 https://revolugallery.com/nyc-art-events Here's the artist residency link: https://revolugallery.com/the-art-residency Here is the magazine submission link: https://belicosamag.com/about-2 Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Sari Nordman. Sari was born and raised in Finland, and is now a New York - based interdisciplinary artist. She creates public art projects, fiber-art installations, and mixed media and video works. Many of her projects have been informed by climate change and respond to environmental social justice issues. To amplify multilingual voices from around the world, she engages people of diverse backgrounds through interviews and fiber-arts processes. As an artist, Sari is interested in exploring questions around protecting nature and ourselves through experiments with fiber-arts and interview processes. She is interested in how art can change people’s perspectives on consumerism and environmentalism, and can help lift human spirits from eco-anxiety towards advocacy. https://sarinordman.com/ https://sarinordman.com/bridging-voices-on-climate-change/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1weIHGo3Vbd6qin9lM-vcaqTWnHn6lGX https://catwalkinstitute.org/ https://www.theimmigrantartistbiennial.com/ https://jcal.org/jamaica-flux-u https://www.kingmanor.org/ https://ps122gallery.org/ https://socratessculpturepark.org/ https://irvingtonlibrary.org/martucci-gallery-program-room Sari’s exhibit! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi https://sva.edu/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Aurora Robson. Aurora is a visual artist predominantly known for working with plastic waste. She was born in Toronto, grew up in Hawaii, and later lived in New York City, where she studied structural metal welding (she is a NYS Certified Structural Welder!) and worked in film, construction and entertainment. She studied art history and visual art at Columbia University. Throughout her career, Aurora has developed many ways to sculpt with plastic debris, including fastening, weaving, sewing, ultrasonic welding, injection welding and 3-D printing. She shares these methods with others who want to reduce and transform plastic waste. Aurora has received several awards, including the Pollock-Krasner Grant and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. She also founded Project Vortex, a global collective of artists and designers working with plastic debris. Currently, Aurora lives in the Hudson Valley with her family, cats, garden, fruit trees, and a very expressive dog. She says that her practice is a form of serious play. Aurora works in a variety of mediums, but have dedicated the majority of the past twenty years to working with post-consumer and post-industrial plastic aka plastic pollution. In order to maintain her creative rational optimism, play is essential, but her work is also a meditative exercise in subjugating negativity and a practice of radical acceptance. https://www.aurorarobson.com/ https://www.instagram.com/aurorarobson/?hl=en https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/katy-hessel-podcast https://meatpacking-district.com/ https://beaconscloset.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-if-we-get-it-right/id1773809532 https://www.projectvortex.org/ https://ecoartspace.org/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Jackie Wolf-Schmidt. Jackie Schmidt is a found materials fashion designer and shoe creator from Los Angeles, California. She received her BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently studying at the Fashion Institute of Technology, focusing on creating sustainable pieces with materials such as aluminum cans, bottle caps, plastic bags, belts, and many more found objects. She then transforms the materials into wearable art pieces, filled with lots of color and fun textures that will make heads turn when entering into a room. https://www.jwolfschmidt.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jwolfschmidt/# Art Institute of Chicago https://www.artic.edu/ Fashion Institute of Technology https://www.fitnyc.edu/ Deadstock Fabric https://goodonyou.eco/brands-using-leftover-fabric/ https://www.plasticshed.org/ Paco Rabanne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_Rabanne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinky_Dinks Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

Please enjoy my conversation with Christina Massey. Christina Massey is an award-winning artist recognized for her innovative use of repurposed materials, particularly aluminum cans, in creating vibrant botanical abstractions. Her multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, painting, and installation, exploring themes of environmental sustainability, consumer waste, and material transformation. Christina creates botanically inspired installations, sculptural paintings, and glass works that explore the emotional landscape of climate change. Using repurposed materials like aluminum craft beer cans, mesh produce bags, and discarded textiles, she transforms industrial waste into delicate, organic forms. This process challenges traditional notions of what is considered precious in sculpture while merging craft, sustainability, and contemporary art. Christina’s work draws viewers into a space where beauty coexists with risk and unease—echoing how we experience our changing environment. Through these contrasts, she invites reflection on consumerism, environmental fragility, and the complex relationship between nature and human behavior. https://www.cmasseyart.com/ https://ps122gallery.org/ https://artcake.org/ https://lmcc.net/lmcc-arts-center-at-governors-island/ https://www.cmasseyart.com/dance-collaboration-norte-maar-counterpointe12 https://www.bravinlee.com/current-exhibition https://www.guerrapaint.com/ https://urbanglass.org/ https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/ https://www.ayanaelizabeth.com/ Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Dr.Johnsons book - What If We Get It Right? https://www.getitright.earth/ Dr.Johnsons podcast - What If We Get It Right? https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-if-we-get-it-right/id1773809532 Dr. Kate Marvel https://www.marvelclimate.com/ https://www.instagram.com/woartblog/?hl=en Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/

In this special episode of Salvage , the tables turn - my dear friend Vivien Zepf interviews me. Instead of me asking the questions, Vivien dives into my story: from my early days in fashion and costume design, to discovering repurposed plastics as my medium, and to how my art practice evolved into both a personal expression and an environmental call to action. We talk about curiosity, experimentation, and how I balance the beauty of art with the urgency of raising awareness about plastic pollution. We also dig into the Repurposer Collective, the community I’ve built for artists working with discarded materials. I share how we connect, collaborate, and create together - including the inside story of our ambitious new project: a 32-foot collaborative artwork that will be unveiled on October 4. It’s a conversation about transformation, community, and finding meaning in the materials that surround us. https://www.vivienzepf.com/ https://www.surfacedesign.org/ https://tetonraptorcenter.org/ https://www.artanddesignhs.org/ https://www.pratt.edu/ https://www.felixgonzalez-torresfoundation.org/ https://www.patriciamiranda.com/ https://www.beyondplastics.org/ https://www.unisonarts.org/ Support the show This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART. If you enjoy this show, please rate and review us wherever you’re listening—and be sure to come back for another conversation with a repurposed media artist. Music theme by RC Guida Visit Natalya’s website at www.artbynatalya.com Visit Natalya’s community at www.repurposercollective.com Visit Natalya’s workshops at https://www.ecoloop.art/