I want to make a difference: to connect with people’s emotions so that everyone feels the urgency of the environmental issues we face as a planet. I took the photograph for this poster using a Go-Pro in the tidal pool near Royal William Yard in Plymouth. Drake’s Island is seen in the background, reminding us […]
Category Archives: #plastic art
Some of my work will be on show in Tate Modern on Friday 15th March 2019 as part of an exhibition, workshop and debate around Creative Dissent. This is part of a collaboration between Plymouth College of Art and Tate called Propositions for Change – perfect for my ideas. Other projects are running during the […]
12 students plus tutors from Plymouth College of Art travelled to Santander on the Pont Aven with Brittany Ferries for this exceptional printmaking conference. It was a festival of printmaking in every form imaginable, across 20 venues, with contributors from across the globe. We had been allocated a huge new exhibition / workshop space at […]
If you are near Plymouth this autumn look out for the Open Studios event 22-30th September 2018 which involves nearly 100 artists from the beautiful Tamar Valley who open their doors to show their work. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists and talk to them about what inspires them, as well as […]
A new date over the Bank Holiday Weekend on the stunning Plymouth Hoe! Find us at the Liner Lookout Cafe near Smeaton’s Tower. My aims are to increase awareness of plastic pollution and stimulate conversations about what we as individuals can do to help save the planet. See: Plymouth Against Plastic on Facebook for more […]
How do we best highlight the problems that plastic pollution is causing? We hear in the news every week another horror story of wildlife killed and maimed, poisons and toxins in the microplastics which are now in our food chain, bottled water containing plastic and now that it is likely to be contributing to climate […]
Encouraged by my tutor at Plymouth College of Art I have developed a performance in collaboration with friends entitled ‘Drowning in Plastic’. I am trapped within a wire cage resembling a giant rubbish bin and become buried in plastic rubbish – discarded containers, bottles, trays and wrapping – the ‘convenience’ plastic that we all take […]
