An Ocean of Plastic
Ink on transparent cloth panels
91 x 38"
230 x 95cm
215 m sq
2400 sq feet
Silkscreen
Hand Drawn Transparency, Printed by the artist
Grant from Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition
Artist Statement We thought the environment was frozen in time. It is now a slow emergency. Nature measures time in epochs, eras, eons; it is not based on a human construct of days or years. Humans trespass without notice on nature’s time scale but have altered deep time. Our trespassing renders a lasting impact, stripping mother earth, leaving her vulnerable and weak. We were complacent thinking we had the answers and believing that tomorrow is always promised. Did we even really try? The eternal seconds of our nascent attempts to address climate change may be too late. The regrets will be carried by the future generations comparing what we could have done with what actually occurred. Time is eternal and everything is gradually covered by the earth.
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Exhibitions of the work
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Process Images
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printed seaweed (giant kelp) |
printed buoys and fish nets |
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printed buoys, beach toys and fish nets |
planning large scale bull kelp |
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studio helper |
rope, nets, bouys (with two colours) and beach toys |
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frayed rope |
close up bouy and fish net |
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paper bouys |
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paper bouys |
new seaweed and practicing installation |
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making paper bouys |
making paper bouys |
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making paper bouys |
making paper bouys |
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seaweed panels by type |
installation practice |
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Detail image of lego piece and small bits of broken off plastic |
Adding beads to represent the knots on fish net with my friend Dawn |
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Testing install ideas |
adding beads while looking over Victoria Harbour. |
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Testing installation on hotel mirror |
detail of beads on printed nets |
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testing layering at Dawn's |
assembling buoys |
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assembling buoys |
assembling buoys |
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patterns created staining the cloth before printing |
patterns created staining the cloth before printing |
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patterns created staining the cloth before printing |
patterns created staining the cloth before printing |
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patterns created staining the cloth before printing |
printed seaweed |
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Three squeegee printing |
Three squeegee printing |
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post it notes used as screen block out |
post it notes used as screen block out |
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the chaos |
the chaos |
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post it notes used as screen block out |
planning buoy placement |
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printed right through onto the table |
Kelsey Ford, Squeegee handler and all round assistant |
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sea weed printing |
Kelsey keeping the screen locked in place |
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another type of seaweed, a solo cup and toothpast tube |
more panels printed and stacked |
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