The Oil Age Hut is here!

The Oil Age Hut is finally taking shape and was launched in style (despite the storms!) at Bridport Arts Centre today with a stunning performance by Bridport's ukulele group, 'tHE bUCKY-dON’TS'.
The exhibition includes a wide range of other exhibits too - and lots to read and do!

Hutliving here and there is at Bridport Arts Centre until 19th May (open Tues - Sat).
If you would like to know more about The Oil Age Hut, I will be adding a feature to flyintheface soon!

Night Nurdling

I am down in Dorset working on my Oil Age Hut. I have been struck by the vast amounts of small plastic debris visible on the sandy shoreline. Visiting Lyme Regis this evening, my eye was caught by the huge number of yellow nurdles on the tideline... Yellow is not the typical colour and to find this type of nurdle predominating is unusual.
Having subsequently investigated, my local contacts tell me that yellow nurdles were shed in the MSC Napoli disaster off Branscombe in January 2007 and that this is the likely source... If you know more, please do get in touch!

some I found earlier (at Watergate Bay, Newquay)

The Cultural Olympiad arrives on the Suffolk coast

It is here! The Cultural Olympiad arrived on the tide - or perhaps the wind - today at Thorpeness beach, Suffolk.
How much more Olympic debris will be washed up in coming weeks, months and years... and what does it tell us about the sponsors?

If you would like to learn more about the art of brand values, see Enviro-marketing and find out how you can join in the act. You too can be washed up - forever...

The oil age hut

I have been really busy creating some new work for my next exhibition Hutliving Here and There which opens at Bridport Arts Centre on Sunday 29th April, 2012.
Centre stage will be The Oil Age Hut. Uniquely, my hut will provide a convenient and useful way to sequester (store) oil locally, potentially providing a ready source of oil for your children and future generations to ‘mine’ for their energy needs.
Plastics - even ‘disposable’ ones - last indefinitely in the natural environment so they will always be there for you and your family when you need them. What better legacy for our children!

 A range of my other work, inspired by earth, air and (of course) water, is also in the show.

The launch is Sunday 29th April 2pm - 4pm - if you are in the area, it would be lovely to see you there.
I will also be giving a gallery talk about my work on Saturday 19th May at 2pm.


Exhibition details:
Hutliving Here and There is at Bridport Arts Centre from 29th April until 19th May. the gallery is open Tues - Sat 10am – 4pm.
The exhibition will also include an exploration of the heritage of shepherd’s huts in Dorset and work produced by four local schools and Bridport Youth Centre. For more information about the Hutliving Here and There project, visit Burr Projects C.I.C.

If you cannot make the exhibition, I will be adding details of my oil age hut to flyintheface.com in the next few weeks.