Theda Sandiford has had a treasure box since she was three years old. 

These days it's a series of labeled plastic bins — but the impulse is exactly the same. In this conversation, the fiber artist and activist (whose work is now in the Guggenheim collection, no big deal) talks about salvaging marine debris on the beaches of St. Croix, deconstructing a six-inch tow rope down to individual fibers, dyeing wine corks indigo, and why cleaning ocean waste is somehow more meditative than doing laundry. 

We also get into collective healing through crochet, reading neighborhood gentrification through street trash, and the 20-year paper doll project that's still in progress. 

Come for the art, stay for the Depeche Mode jean jacket story.

https://thedasandiford.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/misstheda/

https://thedasandifordart.com/

Contemporary African Art Fair https://www.1-54.com/

https://elanatsui.art/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/grandmacore-aesthetic-anti-aging-fears

This podcast was created by Natalya Khorover. It was produced and recorded by Natalya, as well as researched and edited by her. SALVAGE is a product of ECOLOOP.ART.

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