Katie Kameen

 

Manufactured Memories

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The works in this installation draw inspiration from elements of architecture, consumer products, and the natural world, unified by an intuitive and formal approach to design. These three aspects of my visual environment form an essential part of my daily life. Through documentation and memory, I’ve recreated forms and shapes reminiscent of functional objects like vintage kitchen plastics and local flora and merged them with patterns and colors taken from places I’ve lived or visited to describe recent and distant memories throughout my life. The designs in this series are 3D printed from custom made CAD models that expand on these ideas.

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I am interested in the development of plastic alternatives and how to re-use plastics as art materials. Driven by that experimentation, this sculpture is made from two types of eco-friendly 3D printing filaments; recycled PLA made entirely from post-consumer food and beverage containers, and fully-biodegradable, non-petroleum derived PHA bio-polymer which is synthesized using microorganisms such as bacteria, algae, and fungi.

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