Sculpture from landfill
plastics
Shaped by hand, from what's
left behind

Madhvi Reddi portfolio

Barni sculptures made from black plastic food containers

Sculpture from landfill plastics
Shaped by hand, from what’s left behind

GALLERY →
GALLERY →
Barni PP5 takeout containers | 5.5in x 7in x 6in

Barni PP5 takeout containers | 5.5in x 7in x 6in

My work explores the afterlife of convenience.
I transform materials designed for disposal. Through deliberate, time and labor intensive processes, they are held in a state of attention — a pause inside the systems built for frictionless living.

Current Series

Box

Ring | Loop | Pop

Box Series installation view
01 / 08

Made from everything that arrives in the box with the thing we ordered: Cardboard is reduced to pulp over months, then worked into a clay for sculpture. Bubble wrap and plastic air pillows are spun into yarn, then crocheted. Cardboard is shaped ring by ring, its surface textured with the typography of packaging labels.

Current Series

Box

Ring | Loop | Pop

01 / 08 Box Series installation view01 / Installation Ring sculpture02 / Ring Ring sculpture detail03 / Ring detail Loop sculpture04 / Loop Multiple views of Loop05 / Loop views Loop sculpture detail06 / Loop detail Pop sculpture07 / Pop Pop sculpture detail08 / Pop detail

Made from everything that arrives in the box with the thing we ordered: Cardboard is reduced to pulp over months, then worked into a clay for sculpture. Bubble wrap and plastic air pillows are spun into yarn, then crocheted. Cardboard is shaped ring by ring, its surface textured with the typography of packaging labels.