Projects > Water Everywhere and Nowhere

This work is part of a larger series translating photographs from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into large-scale woven tapestry. The works use beauty as a tool of activism, taking these scenes of trash-filled oceans and elevating them into haunting, ghostly images. Tabby-based patterning plays a role in creating the lush, opulent and textured color fields. In "Synthetic Reflections," the tabby itself is removed from the equation, leaving the patterns loose and floating. The frenetic mix of patterns create a glitchy texture, reinforcing the synthetic aspects of plastic miasma in our oceans.

Original reference photograph by Naja Bertolt Jensen

Woven at the Praxis Fiber Workshop DWL Residency