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My ocean plastic artwork aims to raise awareness about the marine plastic pollution crisis which threatens nearly every marine life form and habitat.
More than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 marine animals die from plastic pollution every year either from consumption or entanglement. I have produced work independently and facilitated groups as a lead artist to create environmental awareness art. Plenty of Fish?! Beach cleaning group artwork 2014
Yin Yang Fish Beach cleaning group artwork 2015
'Trawler Trash' ocean plastic mural - 2015 group work Made using paint brushes, bottle tops, cable ties, polystyrene, gun shot cartridges, fishing rope, glow sticks and fragments of crates. Trawler Trash is a 3m x 3m ocean plastic mural made mostly of discarded fishing waste which is the majority of marine debris out at sea. It was partly made with a group of 100 school children as part of an environmental awareness day in 2014 at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, Penryn, Exeter University.
Hairy dog made from a large frayed knot 
This dog was made from a huge frayed knot found on Treganhawk beach, Whitsands, As rope frays it breaks down into micr fibres. There are 4 billion plastic microfibers per square kilometer of sea water.
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Guillemot (single use cable ties)
This was my first ocean plastic sculpture, made just after the PIB (Polyisobutylene) spill which happened off the coast of Cornwall in 2013. The substance was thought to have been deliberately dumped by ships. Thousands of birds died as a result of this substance coating their wings and through ingestion. Guillemots had by far the most casualties. This sculpture was created in their remembrance. 
Ammonite - carved polystyrene
Only 1% of marine litter floats everything else sinks to the sea floor. It has been found as far as 11 km deep. contaminating the most remote places on Earth. 
Wading Bird Made from paint brushes, dog ball thrower and spaghetti scoop. 79% of plastic waste is sent to landfill or gets dumped in the ocean while only 9% is recycled and 12% gets incinerated. On Uk beaches on average there are 5000 pieces of plastic and 150 plastic bottles for each mile. One garbage truck of plastic is discarded into our oceans every minute. 
Sea rope Chair - made using frayed sea worn rope.
Lost fishing gear, known as ghost gear, is the most harmful of all marine litter as they continue to entangle and trap marine life.
Sculpture inspired by wings, egg and splashing water. Dynamic forces, growth and renewal.
A movement towards design solutions with biodegradable alternatives to help nature recover from the effects of man made pollution. |
St Piran's Crab (Clibanarius Erthropus)
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The St Piran's crab - Clibanarius erthropus is type of hermit crab that grows up to 3 cm long. This crab disappeared from the coast of Cornwall for almost 50 years following the Torrey Canyon oil spill in 1967. When it was rediscovered in 2016 its return was likened to the patron saint of Cornwall, hence the title 'St Piran's Crab'.
The sculpture's shell base is made from beached polystyrene textured and coloured with hundreds of pieces of small sea worn polystyrene. I have replicated its extraordinary black and white spotty eyes using black and white nurdles.
This sculpture was given to the Cornish Wildlife Trust where it has been used as an exhibit included in marine life conservation displays.
Unidentified compartment circle with toys, bottle tops, fragments and interesting finds
I found this circular object on Tregantle beach. I don't know what it was but its compartments have been ideal for displaying Rame Peninsula Beach Care's small interesting beach finds.
My 5 x 2 metre image of a Basking shark spray painted on the Rame Penisula Beach Care container.
This is where the equipment and sorted beach rubbish is sorted and stored.
