Making Toxic Tendrils

Toxic Exhibition

I researched many areas into marine biology and the effect we are having on the oceans and how the marine life is adapting in some areas.I became interested in the thermal ducts on the sea bed and the effect they have in their enviroment.

I developed many artistic ways of expressing this research as a mixed media artist, many in the form of sculpture and installation pieces.

This is one of the processes I documented.

I observed squid an octopus on nature programs on the television and also visited and observed them at our local Sea Life Centre. This was necessary t be able to make a clay model of an elongated squid. why elongated because I had also visited our local science lab at the University and had taken photographs of the specimens within their glass bottles and containers. I learnt how these were done and I then with a squid from the fishmerchants then installed my own small specimen.(This then progressed into larger works for the Gallery Exhibition,see www.janeclarkarts.com )

I made a clay model which I then cast in plaster, removed the clay inner, so I could latex mould my squid.