O2A creates eye opening art that demonstrates how plastics have permeated our oceans and water ways, and the importance of ensuring access to clean, safe groundwater for all earth's creatures. Show your commitment to sustainability through ART!
OCEAN2AQUIFER
Taking action through collaborations and partnerships
We believe it is imperative for like minded entities to work with and support each other. We believe that artistic expression is an incredible tool that encompasses us all. Let's reach bigger goals by working together! Have us build a piece for you! Let us help you start your own program!
Introducing Dexter the Dungeness Crab!
Steve started work on Dexter in February 2023 after receiving a large clean up donation from a Park Ranger who shares our concerns and has a similar mission. Big thanks to Park Ranger Ryan and to our friends who drove up the coast with their trailer to pick up the debris! We have held our own beach clean ups, collected plastics at dump sites, on roadways and received plastics via volunteer donation drives.
Special thanks to Jack for all of those bottle caps!.
We are so thankful to all who have helped us start this project and grateful to be working with some great people and their organizations.
Together we can make a real impact!
Dexter lives at Pony Village Mall, North Bend, Oregon
See Dexter at Pony Village Mall 1611 Virginia Ave, North Bend OR
All plastic debris sculptures are created in house. We work with volunteers to collect the plastic, then O2A designs the piece, welds and fabricates the frame, sculpts and attaches the plastic and then provides educational information on the at-risk creature and its habitat or about the subject being depicted in the piece.
O2A educates through art, workshops, activity books, and mentoring. We also teach others how to build plastic art and start artistic, educational programs of their own.
Inquire to find out how we can help you highlight your commitment to sustainability with an educational piece that will catch attention!
A SHARED MISSION
O2A works in part to benefit American Aquifers through cross promotion, mutual support and by generating donations to further our mutual mission of providing advocacy and assistance for those experiencing issues with clean water access. We give 5% of our sales to American Aquifers.
AmericanAquifers.org, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that focuses on groundwater issues and equal access. Their goal is to protect our aquifers and to educate, support, and advocate for sustainable groundwater use through community outreach, data collection, and scientific research. American Aquifers provides help and financial assistance to those struggling with groundwater issues, and they strive to be a resource for all those that depend on groundwater. Please visit www.AmericanAquifers.org to learn more about our shared mission and DONATE. All direct donations are submitted on the American Aquifers page and go directly to American Aquifers.
Learn more about American Aquifers on our ABOUT page.
What's an O2A Sculpture made of?
Metal, Plastic, & Rubber, that's it!
Steve sculpts each piece by fabricating a complex metal "skeleton", then he skins it with used plastic or used tires, then sculpts the plastic debris around it. Plastic pieces within the sculpture are delicately stitched with wire or screwed into place with care.
Our pieces are structurally sound, built to last and are of the highest artistic quality. All plastic used on an O2A sculpture is a combination of plastic trash, marine debris and repurposed, used plastic.
Metal, Plastic, Rubber... that's it!
Packaging and Shipping
O2A ships with integrity. We ship in fitted wooden crates, with reusable straps and pads.
Most of our pieces are small enough to ship via regular currier. However, a larger sculpture can be sent via freight and crates can be delivered by a truck with a lift gate, without the need for a forklift. Our larger crates only require a pallet jack!
O2A hopes to be a helpful partner, a mindful steward and a strong advocate. Help us bring awareness to the risks of plastic pollution and the need for clean, safe water for all.
Contact O2A
Drop us an email.
Do you have a plastic donation or want to organize a clean up? Maybe you want a sculpture for your city, business or venue? Send an email inquiry to: Info@Ocean2Aquifer.com
Do you have questions about water access or need resources? gogroundwater@americanaquifers.org
