Juliet Nelson uses traditional paper making techniques to combine product and packaging into a flat-but-dimensional amalgamation of the cut flower industry. Energy is used to grow flowers that not only provide fleeting stimulation, until they decay, are discarded, and replaced, a cycle of death that contributes to climate change while her family benefits. Sourced from her family farm in Ecuador, paper flowering and flowers were common occurrences in her life and she recognizes the joy that beautiful flowers bring. However, Nelson’s work is a literal mashing of opposing materials – balanced between consumption, reuse and recycling – to force viewers to recognize the waste that comes along with beauty.