Jane has been a scuba diver since 1985 and has witnessed coral bleaching, massive 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 lobster pots, rope, netting, plastic and metal. Any creatures trapped in 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 of 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 28 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’ will explore will explore climate change, protection of the natural environment, sustainability, recycling, and history and heritage of the quarrying landscape. Many of the sculptures are inspired by the Portland stone, fossils, local plants and the sea etc.
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