In her gallery in Bandon, Ore., Angela Haseltine Pozzi stands next to an enormous sea dragon sculpted from plastics found on Oregon's beaches that are normally famous for being pristine and wild.

The Washed Ashore Exhibit features a collection of sculptures by Angela Haseltine Pozzi. Her art uses plastic debris picked up from the beaches and then turned into large marine animal sculptures ...

8 On Your Side had the opportunity to speak with the founder of the Washed Ashore nonprofit, Angela Haseltine Pozzi, who is also the artistic director and lead artist.

Angela Haseltine Pozzi, of Bandon, Ore., describes her project Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey) ...

The sculptures are the brainchild of Angela Haseltine Pozzi, artistic director and lead artist for Washed Ashore, who started the project after her husband suddenly passed away in 2010.

Bandon resident Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded the Washed Ashore Project 10 years ago. She says the nonprofit group has worked with more than 10,000 volunteers to pick up garbage from Oregon beaches.

Olympia native Angela Haseltine Pozzi is the artist. Author: Saint Bryan Published: 6:35 PM PDT April 19, 2017 Updated: 6:35 PM PDT April 19, 2017 ...

Haseltine Pozzi's goal in creating this project is to reach the general public, not just converted art connoisseurs and environmentalists. "I want to reach everybody. I want to reach kids," she says.

Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded Washed Ashore in 2010. The nonprofit turns plastics taken from Oregon's beaches into eye-opening sculptures of threatened marine life.

Haseltine Pozzi's goal in creating this project is to reach the general public, not just the converted art connoisseurs and the environmentalists. "I want to reach everybody, I want to reach kids," ...