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 […]
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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 […]
A cool misty start to a warm sunny day in Cornwall. The beach looked beautifully clean at first sight. This beach is regularly scoured by walkers and the weather has been good, so I was not surprised. However in 2 hours I still found and picked up the following: 44 tangled lumps of various plastic […]
Found: Plymouth, England, 2118. This somewhat irregular, flattened, ovoid form is greyish white, translucent, cool and slimy to the touch, with ridges and folds. There are faint printed markings and an embossed symbol of a broken triangle with arrows and a number 2. At the more tapered end is an indentation suggesting an orifice surrounded […]
Judy Harington – Environmental Artist Contact Details E mail: haringtonart@gmail.com Website: https:// judyharington.com My art I took early retirement from a wonderful career as a radiologist in the NHS and launched into a Fine Art Degree course at Exeter College (Plymouth University) where I attained a distinction in 2014. The world beckoned, […]
