Faith Williams Art

Uncontained: Beyond the Package

In Colorado, more than 60% of the fruits in our grocery stores are imported from places like Mexico or Costa Rica. - USDA

Coconut, mango, and chocolate are some of my favorite flavors. These remind me of summer time and playfulness and a bright sense of health.

In this printmaking series, I am interested in showing how these tropical plants develop and the specific pollinators that are adapted to make these plants thrive, connecting us to a better understanding of how our food is grown. Made from TetraPak food containers, each artwork shows the ingredients and pollinators carved into the inner-lining of the vessels that we use to temporarily hold them.

Many of these images were inspired by a trip to Costa Rica, where I had the opportunity to visit sustainable farms and forests to see how these foods are connected to tropical ecosystems.

Ultimately, this work is about recognizing the many parts of our globalized food systems. Everything is connected, and the way we care for the smallest things can shape the world we share. Pollinators like bees, flies, and tiny midges may go unnoticed, yet without them, our relationship with the natural world may look and taste very different.