Commissions Gallery
REACH MERMAID - Between WISDOM
Toothbrushes recovered from around the world – including; Hawaii, Cuba, Hong Kong, Lanzarote, Croatia, Greece, and the British Isles.
Commission by WeTransfer – Union of Concerned Photographers UCP
SWEETHEART INT (TALL, SQUAT & PINCH)
Bases of single-use plastic cups.
Commission by WeTransfer – Union of Concerned Photographers UCP
WE MUSt acT nOW – Smartie lids
Smartie sweet lids recovered from shorelines around the world after ceasing production in February 2005. Letters on the lids spell messages from the sea.
Commission by WeTransfer – Union of Concerned Photographers UCP
Cotton Bud sticks
Recovered plastic cotton bud sticks - ban to come into force by 2021.
Commission by WeTransfer – Union of Concerned Photographers UCP
Where have you been? - I don’t really last 30 years
Knotted and folded crisp bags (title taken from text visible on the printed bags).
Commission by WeTransfer – Union of Concerned Photographers UCP
HP Printer Cartridges
Washing up on European beaches since early 2014, after they spilled off a ship during an Atlantic storm.
Over time the cartridges break down into microplastics smaller enough for animals to digest.
Commission by National Geographic Magazine
Curlicue
Among the five trillion bits of plastic floating around the ocean are curlicues – plastic shavings from various drilling processes.
Commission by National Geographic Magazine
‘Trip Around the World’ – Coca Cola caps
More than 3,000 caps recovered by public around the world to represent the ubiquity of ocean plastic – some from the stomachs of Albatross,
and some with creatures living inside them, (title taken from print on central cap).
Commission by National Geographic Magazine
Where No One Wears A Watch
Created from marine plastic recovered from beaches and islands around the Inner Hebrides in Scotland as part of the Beluga II expedition. Details in VOYAGE section of website. Commission by Greenpeace
Lost At Sea
Marine plastic debris recovered from six different continents, and six different oceans, to represent the hidden world of plastic under the sea.
Commission by Ikea
276 INSIDE - OUT
276 Pieces of plastic recovered from the stomach of ONE 90 day old Albatross chick from the Island of Midway, 2012
T0632 CYAN
Individual plastic objects recovered from the stomachs of several Albatross chicks from the island of Midway, 2012 (includes Cyan inkjet cartridge)
Commission for Miami Superbowl 2020
‘Ending Ocean Plastic through the Lens of Change’ - educating and elevating the cause through artistic expression.
'Snowfall on Christmas Island'
Marine plastic debris footballs recovered from Greta Beach, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
'DIP Sea KISS'
(How can we be HAPPY or experience JOY when we see the TIDE, CLOSE-UP?)
Highlighted faces on plastic sachets represent the waste crisis in the Philippines, portraying a contradiction between people’s livelihoods and the scale of plastic pollution within their communities.
Commissioned by the British Council Philippines