The spaces claimed by used packaging are safe, even if they are no longer providing protection to an object.  

bead foam panel, small rectangle
found and altered expanded polystyrene packaging
4.25 x 5 x .375 inches
2023

Starting from one manufactured surface, pick until there is only a single layer all around. This unmaking creates an inside, which is private. The private side is sometimes hidden, toward the wall.

bead foam triptych
found and altered expanded polystyrene packaging
dimensions variable; each panel is 5.5 x 6.5 x 1.75 inches
2022

The private space can be protected by the public surfaces. You must peek in between them to see.

hemispherical bead foam voids
found and altered expanded polystyrene packaging
dimensions variable; each element is approximately 11 inches in diameter
2022

Sometimes, the public face is the surface that protected the absent thing(s). Keep it, and pick away at the rest until there is a single layer.

bead foam panel, large square
found and altered expanded polystyrene packaging
16.75 x 16.75 x 3.675 inches
2023