THE OLD OPERATING THEATRE MUSEUM AND HERB GARRET
9a St Thomas St, London, SE1 9RY

September 2023

Tidal Traces draws attention to issues relating to the River Thames through a series of free-hanging installation works and time-lapse video.

The project continues my exploration of environmental issues looking at material that finds its way into the Thames either through natural phenomena or human activity, and how this impacts on the health of the river’s ecosystem and its effect on the surrounding population. I’ve used debris recovered from the foreshore at various points along the river – plastic netting, nails, sand, silt, aged wood, charcoal, algae, bones – to create impressions using cyanography, chromatography and eco-printing to represent both the visible and the invisible with particular reference to micro fibre plastic and pharmaceutical contamination.

I’ve used debris recovered from the foreshore at various points along the river – plastic netting, nails, sand, silt, aged wood, charcoal, algae, bones – to create impressions using cyanography, chromatography and eco-printing to represent both the visible and the invisible with particular reference to micro fibre plastic and pharmaceutical contamination.

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