Collect is the leading international art fair for contemporary craft and design, presented by Craft Council UK. I was invited by Craft Alliance Atlantic as one of 18 fine craft artists from Atlantic Canada to exhibit at Collect 2025, London, UK. in the exhibition “Here & Now Connecting Culture + Landscape through Water”, curated by Bruno Vinhas.
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These images are from Collect 2025 at Somerset House, London, UK.
My work for Collect 2025
For this exhibition on the theme of water I created new work about Nova Scotian wildlife and my deep concern for the rapidly disappearing wilderness, including wetlands. As this is a global issue, I chose to portray two local species which exist worldwide, frog and kingfisher. Their presence or absence will indicate the health of an ecosystem. The kingfisher is a diving bird and will happily eat a frog….no clean water, no frog, no frog, no kingfisher.
I made a tabletop pond with frog, surrounded by waterbird vases, as well as two large lidded jars. The pond and vases hold water and fresh cut flowers which allow the viewer to bring Nature indoors where they can contemplate the interconnectedness of living things.
