Charmaine Spencer employs materials like driftwood, reed grass, jute, and soil to create skillfully crafted sculptures constructed from traditional and contemporary methods, such as weaving and firing. Her concern for natural elements that go unnoticed drives her interest in organic resources. Dirt, for example, is intrinsic to life yet in the West it is often undervalued. “Healthy dirt is what feeds us,” the artist argues, “it’s what help everything grow.”