Erik Jon Olson - Inside Climate News

The Unexpected Beauty and Deep Meaning of Plastic-Waste Art

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which the medium is the message.

Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth

Erik Jon Olson makes decorative quilts out of single use plastic. Credit: Courtesy of Erik Jon Olson

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