large-scale fiber work & marine debris is the intersection between whimsy and sustainability
Rolling out to sea - March 2022
“objects that find their way to a junk pile do not make them worthless. it just takes a creative mind to envision a new life for them.”
All of the floats, buoys, bobbers, and rope were at one time lost at sea, washed up on the shores of Vancouver Island, picked from the beach, and discarded to the landfill. Similarly, all these rolling pins we once donated to secondhand shops found their way to the collection of Ouest Patisserie’s Jessica and happily used to bring together a baker’s charm with the West Coast town aesthetic. Now a permanent fixture at the artesian patisserie, you can go see the many knots and interesting finds including wooden buoys, which they used before the use of styrofoam, before munching on a delicious macaron in downtown Tofino, BC.
Flotsam & Jetsam - March 2022
“Our oceans are fastly becoming filled with plastic, from the fish we eat to the water we drink and play in, it is inescapable .”
This floor-to-ceiling marine debris art installation was inspired by the ‘useless’ or discarded objects found in the Tofino landfill, previously used in the fishing agricultural industry. The nets are draped, stapled, and wired into place creating swirling waves and highly textured shapes. It is featured on the outside wall of the ‘Breezeway’ at Long Beach Lodge Resort in Tofino, BC, and was a commissioned piece for Whale Fest 2022.
Out of sight // out of mind- March 2022
“We rarely think about the creatures that are seriously affected by over pollution of plastics in our oceans.”
Created with washed up floats, ghost nets, plastic cap brims, the trimmings of flip flops, and plastic caps of all kinds - “Out of Sight / Out of Mind” tells the story of what happens to all the trash that is left to float in large “garbage patches” throughout the worlds largest waters. Fish and other ocean dwellers consume microplastics, and create new habitats out of the great floating landfills, causing serious harm to the health of the creatures that call the ocean home. Created for Black Rock Resort in Ucluelet, BC, and was a commissioned piece for Whale Fest 2022.