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.

Exhibitions of the work

Process Images

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

Testing install ideas

adding beads while looking over Victoria Harbour.

Testing installation on hotel mirror

detail of beads on printed nets

testing layering at Dawn's

assembling buoys

assembling buoys

assembling buoys

patterns created staining the cloth before printing

patterns created staining the cloth before printing

patterns created staining the cloth before printing

patterns created staining the cloth before printing

patterns created staining the cloth before printing

printed seaweed

printed seaweed (giant kelp)

printed buoys and fish nets

printed buoys, beach toys and fish nets

planning large scale bull kelp

studio helper

rope, nets, bouys (with two colours) and beach toys

frayed rope

close up bouy and fish net

paper bouys

paper bouys

new seaweed and practicing installation

making paper bouys

making paper bouys

making paper bouys

making paper bouys

seaweed panels by type

installation practice

Three squeegee printing

Three squeegee printing

post it notes used as screen block out

post it notes used as screen block out

the chaos

the chaos

post it notes used as screen block out

planning buoy placement

printed right through onto the table

Kelsey Ford, Squeegee handler and all round assistant

sea weed printing

Kelsey keeping the screen locked in place

another type of seaweed, a solo cup and toothpast tube

more panels printed and stacked