My art is a direct response to the changing environment of my home beach located on the Copper Coast. I am deeply concerned about pollution and the mass production of products that create endless amounts of waste. Walking along the shoreline, I see how this debris threatens marine life. My work uses sculpture, photography, and print to document this crisis and to show our personal connection to it. In my sculptures, I bring the human body directly into the landscape. I create plaster casts of my own hands, feet, and face. I mix these body parts with the netting and plastic debris I collect from the shore. By entangling my own likeness in the waste, I show that we are not separate from the problem. We are physically connected to what we throw away. The white plaster looks fragile against the harsh textures of the netting. This connection goes deeper than just physical entanglement. By polluting the waters, we are also polluting ourselves. Microplastics are now found throughout the ocean. They are consumed by fish and other marine life. When we eat seafood, we consume that plastic too. My sculptures suggest that the waste we put into the environment eventually becomes part of our own bodies. We cannot escape the debris we create. Alongside the sculptures, I use photography as a tool for truth. I take photos of the beach, the waste, and the local wildlife living there. These photographs act as clear evidence of the damage. They capture the reality of the coast, the birds, the tides, and the trash that sits among them. While the sculptures are symbolic, the photos are factual. They prove that this pollution is real and present, affecting the creatures that live in the water and on the sand. I also create prints using a method called cyanotype. This process turns the paper a deep, ocean blue. I place the plastic objects directly onto the paper to create white silhouettes. These prints look like X-rays or shadows. They serve as another form of photographic evidence, highlighting the specific shapes of the trash. The blue color reminds the viewer of the sea, while the white shapes remind them of what is polluting it. Together, these works tell a story about my home on the Copper Coast. They show the beauty of the area but also the danger it faces. By trapping my own likeness in debris and showing the cycle of consumption, I hope to make people feel the weight of this problem. We cannot ignore the plastic in our oceans because, as my work shows, it is becoming part of us.