https://www.klkarrasch.art/blog daily 0.75 2022-02-16 https://www.klkarrasch.art/blog/2022/2/16/aluminum-cans-consumed-globally monthly 0.5 2022-02-16 https://www.klkarrasch.art/blog/2019/1/22/which-countries-produce-the-ost-plastic-waste monthly 0.5 2019-01-22 https://www.klkarrasch.art/blog/2019/1/22/tethered-series-update monthly 0.5 2019-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548187491977-3CNQJHA25569UL8J4NRZ/IMG_9705.jpg blog - Tethered Series Update. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548187517014-0HNW3F76942I0H1W77ND/IMG_9707.jpg blog - Tethered Series Update. https://www.klkarrasch.art/blog/2019/1/20/creation-process-of-resting-place-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548043551026-NIOJPHHVMS9FK38HYF1T/IMG-8655.JPG blog - Creation process of Resting Place 2018 Taking a step back to contemplate the next step while finishing the foreground of Resting place. https://www.klkarrasch.art/portfolio daily 1.0 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725934091153-R27RP8UAEEEYCAMX1OPR/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - The Maw, 2024 Aluminum cans and LED lights on wood panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725934091153-R27RP8UAEEEYCAMX1OPR/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - The Maw, 2024 Aluminum cans and LED lights on wood panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725934014333-0BQKN8SBO3Q0T9S5S8D9/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Neutron, 2024 Aluminum cans, LED lights, on wood panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725933926037-WQ1F0HI1TAA8I7RZID7J/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - 2124 CE, 2024 Aluminum, copper, gold, plastic, rubber, steel, circuit board on wood panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725933518190-Z97NG23PJNTTDQYBXFCZ/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Nucleus, 2024 Aluminum cans on wood panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725933618466-ZZSPTTP4U2GUCI9EUIQJ/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Mass, 2024 Aluminum cans on wood panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725933839831-33LIDM8BA4Q6SBHUOJ6G/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Fused, 2024 Aluminum cans on wood panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1725933878452-6CSCFL6FE83HUMWA9SQC/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Impact, 2024 Aluminum and glass on wood panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654553516478-C47QA6L0CMCRDCMO5DY6/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Ascent, 2022 According to the EPA, one-third of all trash consists of paper containers and packaging, and 29 million tons of corrugated cardboard is generated annually. That is the equivalent of 493 million trees, or 1.5 trees per person, or 700 pounds per year. How much of this waste is fully recognized and seen by you, the consumer? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654554426760-1F0UNR5HCV5XOI379CHG/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Nexus, 2022 15,000 beverage tabs equate to 4.2 seconds of consumption in the US. Every consumptive action is a linked event. Vast amounts of energy and resources are required to fulfill the consumer's needs and wants, and rarely are our actions as consumers reflected on. We discard the metal vessel once we pop that single-use beverage top and drink its contents. However, this activity builds upon itself, adding more and more mass to our collective waste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654554725897-VO14TVZVX2PR73MPCZN3/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Strata, 2022 Objects have their own history and tell us a lot, not only of ourselves but also our society and culture. With our landfills being a treasure trove of information, what would future archaeologists be able to determine from our civilization today? It is not my intention to provide a direct answer; however, it is my intention for my audience to consider these questions. We produce so much waste because most of it is designed to be obsolete after a single-use. Nevertheless, these objects are made of enduring materials. Our trash will still be in existence thousands of years from now, contained in immense time capsules buried in the earth. Out of our collective landfill mass, 3.42% is rubber, 5.17% is glass, 7.73% is textiles, 9.53% is metals, 11.78% is paper, and 18.46% is plastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654554326375-ZD5OZVEGW58BQGKXDI1T/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Fractionary Mass, 2022 12,000 condensed aluminum cans equate to 3.4 seconds of consumption in the US. The average American drinks about 45 gallons of soda every year. That is 375 pounds of soda that pass through your system in 365 days. 45 gallons of soda totals roughly 470 cans in one calendar year. 470 cans equal exactly 3 condensed aluminum cubes. Americans are consuming 106,000 aluminum cans every 30 seconds at this current rate. Last year, approximately 36 billion aluminum cans were tossed into landfills. It is estimated that we have wasted more than 11 million tons of aluminum beverage cans worth over $12 billion over the past twenty years on today's market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654554622508-5GBHIMS9JZLLG4W2NQ0H/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Fissure, 2022 Currently the world is experiencing a shortage of aluminum, and aluminum consumption is increasing at a steady rate daily. Tossing away an aluminum can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can's volume of gasoline. Even though aluminum is a highly recyclable material, more virgin ore in the form of bauxite is strip-mined every day to meet our consumptive demands. Making aluminum cans from recycled aluminum takes 95% less energy than making cans from virgin ore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654553249497-8TG7BFZSQ7D7LVT3GNP0/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Ascent, 2022 According to the EPA, one-third of all trash consists of paper containers and packaging, and 29 million tons of corrugated cardboard is generated annually. That is the equivalent of 493 million trees, or 1.5 trees per person, or 700 pounds per year. How much of this waste is fully recognized and seen by you, the consumer? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1654555114365-61FEJ5GOTT627EV2INO2/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Negligible, 2022 The United States produces the most plastic waste per capita worldwide, with the average American producing 286.7 pounds of plastic waste per year. This means we generated more than 42 million metric tons of plastic waste last year, making us by far the world's biggest plastic waste generator. 40% of this waste is single-use, and 16% is incinerated for energy recovery, but out of our collective plastic waste, only 8.7% is recycled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613584082298-6VX26YJDKQXWPF0BBNPT/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Dissonance, 2020 Forty-five pounds of clear plastic produce packaging totaling a year’s worth of personal consumption, plastic milk jugs, black plastic, and four small boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613583019916-NODRYPOK4ZZOW0XEHYY8/image-asset.jpeg portfolio Forty-five pounds of clear plastic produce packaging totaling a year’s worth of personal consumption, plastic milk jugs, black plastic, and four small boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613582859160-21NPBPSK3MBC3KA9ZRR0/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Dissonance (detail) Forty-five pounds of clear plastic produce packaging totaling a year’s worth of personal consumption, plastic milk jugs, black plastic, and four small boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613582961259-LZZB6NURJWTIOQRA46EB/image-asset.jpeg portfolio Forty-five pounds of clear plastic produce packaging totaling a year’s worth of personal consumption, plastic milk jugs, black plastic, and four small boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613582700791-8PKNY6CZW9IPDXNZE1Z5/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Dissonance, 2020 Forty-five pounds of clear plastic produce packaging totaling a year’s worth of personal consumption, plastic milk jugs, black plastic, and four small boulders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613583069838-VDCKRPXM7OW46ET0EF1Z/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Origins, 2020 Two-hundred and fifty deconstructed plastic horticultural pots and a poisonous Dieffenbachia Amoena (Dumb cane) plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613583179098-FEOXV96DQIBCM99Q2Y0S/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Origins (detail) There is currently no national infrastructure for processing our plastic waste. And when it comes to black plastic horticultural pots, there’s an added dimension. Since they’re dyed with carbon inks that can’t easily be broken down, black plastic pots are non-recyclable. That makes them a single-use plastic, which takes around 450 years to break down. The sad truth is that 95-98 percent of plastic horticultural pots end up in the landfill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1613583511242-IEUX5CO8EQI89A5V1WED/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Tethered Series Each bird is constructed from aluminum cans and is chained to a artificial habitat contrived of cinder blocks. Since the 1970’s native North American bird species have diminished by 30%, which equates to 3 billion dead birds. Do to the loss of habitat, pollution, and land development our backyard birds species are struggling to survive. With in this sculptural installation you will find birds in different stages of life. Some are alive, some are dead and decomposing, and a few only have their skeletal remains left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614562009971-BMAU9YXFEY4NVNLO0KYL/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Tethered Series: Black-Backed Wood Pecker 2020 Made from hand cut aluminum cans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614562314298-9FS8GUZ057LEBISKNOXD/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Tethered Series: Western Tanager 2020 Made from hand cut aluminum cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614562430627-K10ZYR2ZWPYIZ2YM7TLD/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Tethered Series: Steller's Jay Made from hand cut aluminum cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614572590922-0MR49QI1BYC3QZ045GHR/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Resting Place 2019 A flower field depicting the final resting place of a discarded coke can. Made from aluminum cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614572727245-O6I6LEHASP6DBKG324XY/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Resting Place Detail image of Resting Place, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614572846729-WJ6UCBIRAKT8QYSIUEC7/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Litter Bug 2020 The final resting place of a littered aluminum can. Made entirely from aluminum cans with a condensed aluminum foil frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614572961652-E8KK194YXQDL0YTFGVTV/image-asset.jpeg portfolio Detail image of Litter Bug, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614573124088-PBGOS3GQJ2D4NG0Y7GH2/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Illuminated, 2019 A night time landscape composition with fireflies. Made from aluminum cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614573225606-E7YV7IA7G5DYFZJTVE4U/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Lady Rose, 2019 A depiction of Mount Rose located in Reno Nevada. made from aluminum cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614573421706-YDL7RY98MSQQDHT3V8W2/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Anthropocene Study #2, 2020 A life size human skull made from plastic waste and polyvinyl chloride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1546191901282-OC65K30LVX8TCX1EPWLL/Resting+Place.JPG portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614573588162-ZMY5RE18XZTT5Z70GI1X/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Anthropocene Study #1, 2020 A life size human skull made from convenience store plastic bags, aluminum foil, and polyvinyl chloride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548034097816-8UOQDE0SBUG81Z3Z60ON/Decomposed.jpg portfolio - Decomposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548039053833-ZKI8S59CR152TTRDG25A/Resting+Place.JPG portfolio - Resting place 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548038422043-9LGU7U1FG7SEUWGJD16I/Decomposed+1.jpg portfolio - Decomposed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1548037571185-JEQSESLLODCE1065IKYC/Consumed.jpg portfolio - Consumed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614573814437-25N5IKF97XR6PVZWSCJD/image-asset.jpeg portfolio - Human 2018 https://www.klkarrasch.art/about daily 0.75 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c2901f2b27e393877102926/1614574118458-UUBPE0RXM0HJ6RTWZP7D/K.L.+Karrasch.jpg about - Kyle Lane Karrasch Born in Reno, Nevada Kyle Karrasch is a third-generation Nevada native who developed artistic abilities at a young age. After graduating high school Kyle left for the Academy of Art in San Francisco with hopes of becoming a professional illustrator. Not long into the academy, he discovered his passion for sculpture. Kyle left the Academy of Fine Arts in pursuit of a higher understanding of art theory. He enrolled in the Fine Arts program at the University of Nevada, Reno graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts and a minor in art history. Kyle would then go on to pursue a Master in Fine Art degree which he received in 2022 from the University of Nevada, Reno. Kyle is currently working as the Galleries Curator at Truckee Meadows Community College and teaches at both the University of Nevada, Reno, and Truckee Meadows Community College, as well as an independent contractor as an art preparator for the Reno Tahoe International Airport. With his passion for wildlife and the environment driving his artistic direction, he continues in his art practice by creating sculptural works that intend to provoke commentary on mass consumption and environmental conservation. His work has been on display nationally and throughout his home state of Nevada and is included in several art publications as well as a featured episode of PBS’s ArtEffects. Artist Statement: To be alive means to consume and we only stop consuming once we cease to exist. What impact does our consumption have on the world? We buy many things and the vast majority of those things have a fleeting use. They are designed that way so that we will continue to buy more. Buy, use, toss, and repeat. It is a cyclical process. The artifacts of our consumption are what interest me (and concern me) the most. An object’s intended use is often ephemeral, but the material is enduring. These materials are what lasts and what motivates my art practice. The process of my work begins by collecting. It then transitions into transforming the materials beyond initial recognition. The waste is treated with care and attention with each piece deconstructed by hand. Once dismantled I compose the material into three-dimensional forms intended to convey my commentary on the current state of consumerism and our environment. I like to describe my art practice like that of a naturalist and a taxidermist. I collect discarded specimens from their resting place and carve into their carcasses, flaying their skins out into recognizable forms. Through symbolism and allegory, I use these materials to comment on the impact they have on our environment as well as to highlight the value these objects still have. My artwork is a reminder of our waste. A reminder to think about the life of something you toss away and where it will end up. We as humans will never stop consuming, but we can be mindful of our actions. My hope is that the future monuments of humanity will not be the mountains of waste we leave behind. - K.L. Karrasch https://www.klkarrasch.art/contact daily 0.75 2019-03-16