In Rome I will continue my project called Future Fossils—sculptures made with mass-produced containers, cut and nested to grow layers like the rings of a tree. I will deep dive into the Roman history of material invention and recycling and include Italian-made, mass-produced containers within my archive. When Future Fossils grows to the size of rooms, sculptures become social spaces that present different stages of the circular economy by using waste as a supply and applying methods of material invention to extend the lifespan of materials. In 2024 I will present Future Fossil: Ever Given, where the work will grow to the size of a twenty-foot shipping container, present the circular economy, and apply circular curation with all the materials used in the exhibition. Future Fossils is about the footprint of human consumption, its impacts on planetary stability, and art-making with materials that tell a meaningful past.