Rebecca's sculpture explores the connection between technology, nature, and their co-evolution. She combines ancient metalworking and ceramic techniques with contemporary materials such as electrical wires, silicone rubber, and concrete. The organic forms she creates evoke the past in the context of the present.
In her most recent sculpture, she's produced stylized interpretations of cells, the microscopic organisms that form the building blocks of life, from its origins through the present day. They are the common link among all living things, and their spherical shape mimics Earth itself. She thinks of them as tiny machines -- some are independent, and others collaborate within communities to perform their functions. In essence, they are the original technology: incredibly efficient machines, perfected through the process of evolution.
From the earliest pottery to the most complex modern machines, cultures have harnessed natural resources to develop art and industry. Rebecca's work investigates how primitive organisms and pre-modern tools and techniques can inform a world evolving toward total technological dependency.