Signs of Change
Collected series
assorted wood & plastic waste collected from Ruby Bay beach
Tetra-paked series
assorted beach plastic/waste set into concrete
$95 each
Deposited series
assorted beach plastic/waste set into concrete discs, 175 mm diameter
Nesting Materials, exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2018
"Different types of plastics have been collected from the beach, in a similar manner to a bird collecting nesting materials. The nests are set into concrete to represent he permanency of plastics in the marine environment." |
Life Saver
assorted beach plastic; approx. 1600 mm diameter
NFS
NFS
Ticket to Infinity
Exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2018
"Nelson City Council parking tickets which started their journey on a car dashboard, ended up in the sea to be picked up on the beach at Ruby Bay. These show how innocuous plastic is in our modern lives, and how something that had such a short usefulness is now here for infinity." |
Beach Cleaners
assorted beach plastic
Swept under the Carpet
hand stitched plastic waste, collected from beach
700 x 2010 mm
700 x 2010 mm
Coming Home to Roost
plastic waste, twine, fishing net collected from Ruby Bay beach
2000 x 800 x 2500 mm
exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2013
2000 x 800 x 2500 mm
exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2013
Adrift
twine, fishing line collected from Ruby Bay beach
100 - 150 mm diamter
exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2013
100 - 150 mm diamter
exhibited at Changing Threads, New Zealand Contemporary Fibre Art Awards, 2013