These #plastiglomerate pebbles have been created by resting plastic #foundobjects from the #tideline on light sensitive cyanotype paper. #Plastiglomerate is formed when plastic melts and fuses with natural materials such lava fragments, sand, shells, wood and coral, resulting in a plastic-rock hybrid. It is thought to be a permanent marker of the #anthropocene in the geological record.
There is a trend for stone balancing in #Cornwall, a common sight on the beaches I visited during my #BrisonsVeor #artistresidency. These miniature stone installations make for great Instagram photos but have been met with resistance as numbers of pebble stacks reach epic proportions, damaging wildlife habitats for the sake of a photo. My collaged cyanotype stone stacks address our relationship with the natural world, in the case of our deep time impact and the use of the environment for the fleeting immediacy of an Instagram photo.
#FutureFossils #plastiglomerate #anthropocene #fossilrecord #deeptime #brisonsveor #surfacedesign #pattern #cyanotype #sunprint #blueprint #tideline #singleuse #oceanplastic #flotsam #pebbles #stones #petrocultures #discardstudies
#artistresidency #cyanotype #BrisonsVeor #collage #pebblestack #stonestack #stonestacking #plasticpebbles #Cornwall #stonestacking #stonebalancing #pebblebalancing #pebblestack #stonestack
Working in #cyanotype, a primitive #photography technique first developed in the 1800s, Jo creates bold images and #patterns with a ghostly feel. Many of these everyday items found on our #coastlines will inevitably become material ghosts, speaking at a time when fossil fuels and plastics were so abundant in our daily lives. These bold images present an #uncanny reflection of ourselves, harnessing solar energy to produce haunting yet familiar remnants of our #materialculture. Indeed, the plastic objects themselves are remnants of ancient sunlight, via the oil used in their construction. The technique itself, which relies on the sun’s power to create these striking images on light sensitive paper references the sun's energy, upon which we all depend.
Working in #cyanotype, a primitive #photography technique first developed in the 1800s, Jo creates bold images and #patterns with a ghostly feel. Many of these everyday items found on our #coastlines will inevitably become material ghosts, speaking at a time when fossil fuels and plastics were so abundant in our daily lives. These bold images present an #uncanny reflection of ourselves, harnessing solar energy to produce haunting yet familiar remnants of our #materialculture. Indeed, the plastic objects themselves are remnants of ancient sunlight, via the oil used in their construction. The technique itself, which relies on the sun’s power to create these striking images on light sensitive paper references the sun's energy, upon which we all depend.
Working in #cyanotype, a primitive #photography technique first developed in the 1800s, Jo creates bold images and #patterns with a ghostly feel. Many of these everyday items found on our #coastlines will inevitably become material ghosts, speaking at a time when fossil fuels and plastics were so abundant in our daily lives. These bold images present an #uncanny reflection of ourselves, harnessing solar energy to produce haunting yet familiar remnants of our #materialculture. Indeed, the plastic objects themselves are remnants of ancient sunlight, via the oil used in their construction. The technique itself, which relies on the sun’s power to create these striking images on light sensitive paper references the sun's energy, upon which we all depend.
Working in #cyanotype, a primitive #photography technique first developed in the 1800s, Jo creates bold images and #patterns with a ghostly feel. Many of these everyday items found on our #coastlines will inevitably become material ghosts, speaking at a time when fossil fuels and plastics were so abundant in our daily lives. These bold images present an #uncanny reflection of ourselves, harnessing solar energy to produce haunting yet familiar remnants of our #materialculture. Indeed, the plastic objects themselves are remnants of ancient sunlight, via the oil used in their construction. The technique itself, which relies on the sun’s power to create these striking images on light sensitive paper references the sun's energy, upon which we all depend.
Working in #cyanotype, a primitive #photography technique first developed in the 1800s, Jo creates bold images and #patterns with a ghostly feel. Many of these everyday items found on our #coastlines will inevitably become material ghosts, speaking at a time when fossil fuels and plastics were so abundant in our daily lives. These bold images present an #uncanny reflection of ourselves, harnessing solar energy to produce haunting yet familiar remnants of our #materialculture. Indeed, the plastic objects themselves are remnants of ancient sunlight, via the oil used in their construction. The technique itself, which relies on the sun’s power to create these striking images on light sensitive paper references the sun's energy, upon which we all depend.
