Emma Herman-Smith, hosted by the McKechnies @ Regent Street

Environmental issues are at the core of Emma’s work mainly our inability to look after the small stuff, the flowers and the bees. Emma believes this is indicative of our level of regard towards the more conspicuous elements around us. The final work will be constructed from recycled roofing plastic, cut, carved and decorated. It will spell out the phrase ‘plastic forever’. Another work of Emma’s has also been selected for the ‘Power of Three’ public art commission and will be on display on the Promenade, work no 2.

Title of work - Plastic Forever

Largely self-explanatory with just enough subtlety to encourage a double take.  The piece emerged from 2 lengths of roofing plastic that were to be skipped.  Keen to put them to some use I discovered that the material actually lent itself well to cutting and carving.  So it becomes a reminder that while some things are by their nature transient, others way outlive their expected use.  This is not always a good thing.

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