One Plastic Beach

Since 1999 Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang have been collecting plastic debris from one beach in Northern California. Each piece of plastic Richard and Judith pick up comes back to their studio, where it gets cleaned, categorized and stored before being used for their art. The couple makes sculptures, prints, jewelry and installations with the plastic they find washing up, raising a deeper concern with the problem of plastic pollution in our seas.


One Plastic Beach from High Beam Media

 

Prints now for sale

Please take a moment to browse our print catalogue. Proceeds from the prints go to Judith and Richard’s continued efforts to keep Kehoe Beach clean and raise awareness about plastic pollution.



 

Blog

To read about their artistic adventures with plastic both on and off the beach visit their blog.



 

Richard and Judith Lang

In 1999 we started collecting plastic debris—carrying it away by the bagful— all from Kehoe Beach, a remote stretch of the Point Reyes National Seashore, in Northern California. Certain items would catch our interest: milk jug lids, combs, toy soldiers, disposable lighters, cheese spreaders from lunch snack packs. We were attracted to things that would show by their numbers and commonness what is happening in the oceans around the world.