Jane is a scuba diver since 1985 and has witnessed coral bleaching, depletion of fish, corals, sponges and other sea life. She works with a marine conservation group as a diver removing rubbish and ghost fishing equipment from the sea; including lost lobster pots, rope, netting, plastic and metal. Any animals trapped inside the lost pots are returned to the sea.
Jane is a volunteer diver with Neptune’s Army of Rubbish Cleaners (N.A.R.C) based in West Wales, UK.
Jane is collecting seaweed containing cyanobacteria for a new series of sculpture entitled Probiotic Fossils – Tiny Builders of the Natural World. The biodegradable fossils (sculpture) will be made using probiotic mircobial cellulose (fermented from SCOBY’s – Symbiotic Colonies of Bacteria and Yeasts); and cyanobacteria.
The sculpture will be exhibited at Portland Sculpture Quarry Trust in 2025. This is a group exhibition and conference with 27 colleagues from the Royal Society of Sculptors.
Over time and with exposure to the natural elements the sculptures will biodegrade and nourish the soil.
The exhibition ‘One Island – Many Visions’ explores climate change, the natural environment, sustainability, recycling and history of the landscape. Many of the sculptures in the exhibition are inspired by the Portland stone, fossils, local plants and the sea etc.
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