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Midway: Message from the Gyre

Posted in musings, tagged , , , , , , on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Midway images are a equally morbid and beautiful. The sadness and suffering captured in the photos is so painterly it is almost as Anselm Keifer arranged the plastic and feathers.

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Breakdown

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Panoramas

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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Reception today

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Gyre Nest / Opening Reception: Sunday, August 9 from 12 – 4pm
2831 Wetmore, Everett Washington. (corner of Wetmore and Hewitt)
Google Map Link

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August 7th / Finished!

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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August 6th

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today’s additions: a toothbrush, a lighter and more bottle caps.

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August 4th / Trashy

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The majority of the bones are done. So I will be concentrating on building some trash for a spell.  I am not trying to replicate a specific nest site or bird, so I can rely on instinct and intuition for creating more elements.

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August 4th / todays links about the gyre

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Both links were emailed to me today!
San Jose Mercury News / Garbage patch
Reuters / Huge plastic patch

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August 3rd

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Six days until the opening reception.

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August 3rd / Artist Statement

Posted in AIGS, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The inspiration for this project first began while reading about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. I discovered pictures of albatross carcasses and skeletons in nests on tiny islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean. The birds had died from ingestion of plastic, mostly bottle caps fed by regurgitation from a parent bird. The concentration of plastic in the chest and torso of some of the birds had [...]

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