Ron Shelton – The Sustainable Art of Plastics
Northeast Ohio artist Ron Shelton is known for turning trash into art — creating sculptures and installations from detergent packages, cat litter jugs, and other items typically tossed away and clogging landfills.
The sustainable art of plastics "wasp nests" at the Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls. The project covered the facade of The Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, extending the message of how plastic is wreaking havoc on our environment and our bodies. "Wasp nests" are dissected Tidy Cat liter containers configured in a wasp nest motif. This display is a significant step in Ron's cover-a-building project. The artist's goal is to completely cover a building with plastic to engage the community further with just how ubiquitous plastic is in the global landscape.