Shore Things

June 15, 2024

Resurrect Studio creates sculptures from Victorian-era landfill glass that collectively narrate a tale of hope and inspiration, blending elements of the sacred and the profane.
Co-Founders, Nancy Wu and Jean Davis journey to a landfill beach to collect glass shards decomposing in the bay that have been tumbling for a century. Depending on
the tide, the inventory varies greatly like the catch of the day. Fragments are sculpted into what they call “3D Watercolors.”
How has our great-grandparents’ garbage become our generation’s gemstones?
What will our children be mining?
Their non-traditional approach to glasswork is aimed at finding the transcendent in the every day.

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