Nothing is Wasted is the living heart of my practice—immersive installations where scraps of paper, botanical fragments, and found materials are transformed into environments of connection. Each assemblage is a room‑sized collage, layering poetry, drawings, and discarded objects into vessels of meaning.

For nearly thirty years, I have been collecting scraps—magazines, tags, junk mail, and even artwork from when my children were younger. I keep them carefully organized in collaged cardboard boxes, each one a trove of potential. Once a month, I return to these boxes, cutting shapes and creating fodder that becomes the raw material for my collages, installations, and workshops.

This practice is sustained not only by my own collecting but also by the generosity of family and friends, who save used greeting cards, trading cards, gaming pieces, and extra craft supplies. Their contributions expand the palette of fragments, making each installation a communal archive of everyday life.

At the center of these installations stands a wall of Weathered and Worthy Women drawings—faces layered over journal fragments, prayers, and mantras. This wall anchors the space, embodying resilience, representation, and belonging, and serves as a visual chorus of diversity and strength.

I offer Nothing is Wasted as both one‑time installations and community installations. A one‑time installation is curated solely by me, inviting visitors to step inside a landscape of transformation. Community installations, by contrast, invite participants to contribute fragments or reflections, building the work together as a shared act of discovery.

Rooted in my daily practice of play, creation, and communion with Gaia, Nothing is Wasted is both ritual and refuge—an evolving landscape where clarity emerges from what might otherwise be overlooked

I would love to Collaborate with you! 

email: melbamcmullin@comcast.net