Historically, the act of adornment; wearing jewellery; a badge or an amulet, was a means to tell the world who we are, what we stand for, or whom we would like to be. These relatively small objects had the potential to speak of large issues. The works in this collection, incorporate found materials that appear to have little monetary value, shells, quills, minerals etc, yet they demonstrate the rich biodiversity needed by the other species that humanity lives alongside. These works distil thoughts and ideas into a badge of affiliation, a momenta mori for a world whose biodiversity is reducing year on year.
SEAWEED
This necklace is made from Knotweed Wrack, a species of seaweed. As it grows, it fabricates bladders that fill with CO2, as these float, they keep the plant upright, increasing its surface area and ability to absorb carbon more efficiently from the surrounding seawater. It is now known that Seaweeds can absorb twenty times more carbon than an equivalent area of trees.