Industrial Nature: Works by Michelle Stitzlein

Michelle Stitzlein creates large scale sculpture from recycled materials. She works in a large studio converted from a former grange hall in Baltimore, Ohio.

A graduate of the Columbus College of Art & Design, Stitzlein has also taught workshops, as an artist-in-residence, at elementary schools, art camps, and arts festivals.

Using the humble plastic bottle cap as her medium, she encourages recycling through the means of art making. She has assisted children all over the US to make colorful murals, and whimsical outdoor sculptures utilizing thousands of bottle caps that would otherwise end up in a landfill.

She published the how-to books “Bottlecap Little Bottlecap” and “Cool Caps!,” as resources for parents and teachers.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.