'implant bloom / jelly ridge' -- gelatin, glycerin, water, soy wax, satin, steel -- 96” x 22” x 5” ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 'implant bloom / jelly ridge' evokes an elaborate tablescape, a conveyor belt, a mammary ridge of breast implants, and a synchronized swarm of beached jellyfish. The sculpture draws a humorous visual connection between silicone breast implants and beached jellyfish, calling attention to their simultaneous global surge. Although jellyfish blooms radiate with a gelatinous glimmer, they are the harbinger of dying oceans. At what point do these blooms become artificial -- a manufactured product of human intervention with Earth’s biogeochemical cycles?
