art from plastic in the sea

Making art from plastic debris in our seas and oceans is a common theme among various artists today. There is plenty of source material to work with, after all. Two such artists are Fran Crowe and Hannah Scott -

• Fran Crowe's www.museumofbeyond.org was on display at folkeast.co.uk in August 2017

• Hannah Scott's slab of arctic ice full of plastic was on display at Cryptic Science in November 2017 

I appreciate the way they are both using art to get a message across. The beauty and intrigue of the visual pieces invites and inspires the viewer to find out more about them. This provides a more subtle way for the viewer to get the message about the problem of plastic debris in our seas and oceans than the typical campaign leaflet beginning with: ‘Did you know…?’ 

PS 22/04/2018 Locally in Colchester in the same vein is the caravan of curiosity.