After talking to Jon about my work, he suggested I look into biodiversity and the biological metabolism capabilities of my forms.
The Cradle to Cradle design concept takes into consideration the ideas of “reduce, reuse recycle” and making and producing goods that can be returned to the environment. this concept supports designs and products that make both positive impact on people and the environment. The concept was created by William McDonough and Dr. Michael Braungart, and evaluates material health, material reuse, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness of a product to determine its impact on the environment. if the product does meet this criteria is can become Cradle to Cradle Certified.
The product goes through a cycle. This cycle is evident within my own work. I produce my product with recycled, natural and renewable materials, these are then able to be degraded, which then ultimately returns to the ecosystem to regrow the plants. Where the circular cycle starts all over again. By doing this I am not only creating products that are harmful to the environment, I am producing artwork with the capabilities of being able to be reproduced using recycling. This is a really useful model to apply my work too.
Lara Hoad Artist Designer: Maker 