Aurora Robson creates works from plastic waste and has developed various techniques with the material throughout her career. Many of her plastic sculptures mimic the organic forms of plants, fungi, and animals: forms that we often associate with the beauty of nature and give us an opportunity to reconsider oppositions like natural/man-made as well as the hierarchy we take for granted in our relationship with objects and materials. Plastic now permeates all life on Earth, but in Aurora's opinion, this long-lasting material is better suited as a material for artworks than for disposable everyday items like spoons or toothpicks.
