the Studio.

wastelust was born out of my first sustainable fashion art exhibit Written in the Water— “waste” defined by our consumeristic, disposable culture and “lust” defined by a mere infatuation. I needed the installation to be provocative, to pull people in much like the click-bait of our world— to spark curiosity. This was what attracted me to these art spaces at first— allowing the art to do the talking, the communicating. Loudly but softly. Safely. Respectfully. Sustainable fashion was my first love, the first thing that made my light flicker, // “…lightning bugs welcoming a soft summer’s night.”// Much of my inspiration, motivation, and studio work remains within this arena.

As time moved on however, round and round, wastelust evolved. I fell upon Stanley Kunitz’s poem, “The Layers”, and the real work of my adult life began— the heart work, the brain work, the healing work. “Live in the layers, not on the litter.” The thing I found was the more I was healing the more I had the space to dream… To reimagine this landscape to find the word possible again.

wastelust is an art and design studio focused on communicating the hard. The hard to say, the hard layers to move through, the hard things to imagine, design and create for this ever-changing world. It is the work of the individual, the work of the community— together.

About.

With her innate curiosity for the unseen and uncertain, artist and designer Lindsay Horne dives deeper into the unconventional. Her journey back to art began in the fall of 2016 after signing up for an improvisational comedy class she credits to creatively unblocking her brain. Subsequently, Horne began producing art installations focused on her first love in sustainable fashion.

During the Covid-19 global pandemic, Horne found the meditative practice of glasswork while learning to process the emotions surrounding grief. The properties and various forms of glass along with the language of the world around her continue to inspire her practice today. She splits her time between dissecting the intersectionalities of American culture and using art to creatively guide others within their own healing and becoming journeys. She believes art to be the most beautiful, transformative, and accessible communicator— both within our communities and ourselves.