field trip - birling gap
recording the eroding cliffs from 2018 to 2024
birling gap
mono printing with chalk on the beach
coastal erosion, rising tides, cliffs crumbling into the sea
this field trip was to my local Sussex coast in 2018 with a plan to work on location using the chalk from the cliffs and earth pigments to mono print and make rubbing - the results became the starting point for working with the grey/black/white/blue palette that I use to this day
back in the studio working with fabric and stitch samples from the beach
returning regularly since, I have witnessed the rapid erosion of the cliffs from higher tides that are undercutting the cliffs resulting in severe cliffs falls and the subsequent implementation of a sea defence programme using tons of large pebbles which have sadly buried the beautiful chalk rock pools and changed the Seven Sisters coastal beach.
connecting oceans
this has lead to my current work that endeavours to raise an awareness of the connection between the melting Arctic sea ice, rising sea levels and rapidly eroding cliffs on my local Sussex coast from higher tides over the past 6 years.