Tackling enormous problems requires unconventional solutions. Through a research-based practice, I use humor to unpack our relationship with history, one another and the land we once inhabited. While searching for local clay to work with in my studio, I stumbled upon the Willamette Cove, part of the Portland Harbor Superfund site: a 10 mile stretch of condensed pollution winding up the Willamette River from downtown Portland to Sauvie Island. What I found on the beach in the cove was toxic waste in the form of clay, soil, sediment, and water. My curiosity around this site led to the creation of work which poses questions about agency and affordances.