plastic by Matthew Rice #foliosociety Amal El Mohtar

Amal El Mohtar

Bristol to Blackpool

soft musks Medium: 180ml (Diameter 67 mm x Height 85 mm) burn time: up to 36 hours 100% soy wax : vegan friendly : cruelty free : plastic free : hand-poured in our family workshop

’ James Baldwin

Anyone interested in the relationship between tech

plastic by Matthew Rice #foliosociety Amal El MohtarBringing together memoir, ekphrasis, and satire, plastic is based on Matthew Rice's experience working in a plastic molding factory for ten years. Illustrating alienated twenty first century Irish labour in poetic form, plastic engages with the inflictions and implications of a 'post industrial,' 'post Troubles' society, all while weaving in depictions of factory work from literature, film, and the visual arts. plastic is a poem about feeling a