Siân Martin Textile Artist

Change Matters

collecting plastic bottles on the beach

Recent experiments relate to the presence of plastic along the coastline and especially the impact on sea birds.

A series of artworks recycling plastic bottles and polythene bags in response to the pollution of our shores and the harm to sea life.

Sian's studio — Sian’s studio; sorting collection of plastic bottles.

plastic bottle fragments laced together in front of mirror surface — ‘Reflecting’
Reflecting the world through plastic bottle fragments laced together in front of mirror surface

pebbles wrapped with strips of polythene bags — Pebbles wrapped with strips of polythene bags; pebbles removed to leave a hollow plastic form.

hollow pebble shapes formed from plastic strips

hollow pebble shapes formed black plastic — hollow pebble shapes formed from black plastic

polythene bag plastic trapped between willow and reeds — Polythene bag plastic trapped between willow and reeds

Sections of dissected plastic bottle, laced together to mend and rescue — Sections of dissected plastic bottle, laced together to mend and symbolically rescue

Sections of dissected plastic bottle, laced together to mend and symbolically rescue

Sections of dissected plastic bottle, laced together to mend and symbolically rescue — Sections of dissected plastic bottle, laced together to mend and symbolically rescue.
Throwing a shadow over the polluted seas.

7 fragmented plastic bottles, restored in misshapen forms — ‘Deselected unnatural Selection’ – seven fragmented plastic bottles, restored in misshapen forms

7 plastic bottles fragments reformed

fish collage from fragments of plastic bottles — Fish collage from fragments of plastic bottles

Fragments from blue plastic bottle laced together to form a writhing form

Fragments from blue plastic bottle laced together , creating a deep shadow of despair

fragmented blue plastic bottle reformed into shrimp form

Siân Martin

Conservation concerns