recording the eroding cliffs from 2018 to 2024

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.