In a newer body of work, I upcycle fibrous microwaveable soup bowls and lids, a common consumer waste, into carefully crafted objects. My pieces are hand-sawed, pierced, scored into geometric forms, and delicately sewn with thread or cold-connected with sterling rivets to create a lasting object. The 2D elements are created digitally in Adobe Illustrator software then printed in color onto archival paper. It’s the perfect process combination or amalgam of digital-meets-the-handmade.

Upcycled Collar of Handmade Ornaments
Upcycled Brooch-Object No.2
Upcycled Brooch-Object No. 1
Upcycled Box of Shredded Tweets
Upcycled Box of Shredded Tweets (closed-detail)
Upcycled Box of Shredded Amazon Receipts
Upcycled Open Cube Brooch
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Patricia Sullivan is a metalsmith and studio artist – living in the suburbs of Philadelphia across the great Delaware River in Southern New Jersey. She spent seven years prior, living in both New York City and the Hudson Valley, New York, studying at Parsons School of Design, moving onward to receive a second degree (post-graduate) in Fine Arts/Metals at SUNY New Paltz. A Philadelphia native, Patricia was exposed to the arts and music of this region since a young age, receiving her first Bachelor's degree at Temple University in Philadelphia before her sojourn to New York began. Patricia has exhibited her artwork nationally and upcoming this year at Milano Jewelry Week in Milan, Italy. Ms. Sullivan was one of only thirty-four artists worldwide to exhibit her work at the Center for Craft, as part of being selected for Metalsmith magazine's prestigious "Exhibition in Print - Moved by Metal."

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