colleen flanigan (misssnailpail)

In my artwork, I constantly think about how things could be made with more natural methods.  So many glues, chemicals, non-biodegradable sources smother the art and design world.  They can be functionally amazing, these chemical toxic resources, yet socio-ecological factors drive me.  Looking over my years of sculptural and installation work, I see the thread of nature as inspiration, my love for healthy plants, animals, and people.   They are warm and alive, growing and breathing. (ok, marine organisms not so warm). 

Plastics and cold technology have been peripheral for me, but in our digital age, I am grateful for websites like this to bring curious and like-minded people together to solve some of our greatest world problems. 
While designing a children's museum, I wanted the "construct" area to be made like animal habitats and biomimcry creations.  Eventually our original interactive exhibits were replaced with trucks and cranes.  Currently I am working with dance company, Capacitor.org, to make sculptural art and apparatus for a dance, sci, sculpture exhibit about the oceans.  We are seeking ways to create with renewable, bio-degradable resources. 
That is why I am here!

For a bit more about me and my work:
colleenflanigan.com
misssnailpail.org
globalcoral.org