http:\/\/www.westbriton.co.uk\/Clean-create-art\/story-25941097-detail\/story.html<\/p>\n
Clean up and create art<\/p>\n
By Cornish Guardian | Posted: January 29, 2015<\/p>\n
THE saying goes that one person’s trash is another’s treasure and that
\nis certainly the case with a new exhibition opening taking place on
\nMonday at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth.<\/p>\n
Stranded features the work of artist Joanna Atherton, who creates
\ncolourful tapestries from fishing line, netting, rope and other
\nunexpected items left washed up on our beaches by the great ocean currents.<\/p>\n
Joanna’s weavings command a closer look. The orphaned objects, a
\nminiscule fraction of the millions of tonnes of marine litter that enter
\nour seas every year, are rescued and gathered together to tell new stories.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know whether an obsessive personality is a prerequisite of the
\ndiligent beachcomber, or if I am stirring up something much older; a
\nprimeval instinct from our hunter gatherer days,” said Joanna.<\/p>\n
“Either way, I am leaving the beach a little bit cleaner as a result of
\nmy flotsam weaving.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.westbriton.co.uk\/Clean-create-art\/story-25941097-detail\/story.html Clean up and create art By Cornish Guardian | Posted: January 29, 2015 THE saying goes that one person’s trash is another’s treasure and that is certainly the case with a new exhibition opening taking place on Monday at the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. Stranded features the work of artist Joanna Atherton, who creates colourful tapestries from fishing line, netting, rope and other unexpected items left washed up on our beaches by the great ocean currents. Joanna’s weavings command a closer look. The orphaned objects, a miniscule fraction of the millions of tonnes of marine litter that enter our seas every year, are rescued and gathered together to tell new stories. “I don’t know whether an obsessive personality is a prerequisite of the diligent beachcomber, or if I am stirring up something much older; a primeval instinct from our hunter gatherer days,” said Joanna. “Either way, I am leaving the beach a little bit cleaner as a result of my flotsam weaving.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3476,3488],"tags":[3518],"yoast_head":"\n