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Jane Rose MA
Environmental Beach Litter Artist
Jane Rose is
an island-based artist with a passion for beachcombing.
She recently moved from the Isle of Tiree to the Isle of
Colonsay, a small island off the West coast of Scotland.
The manmade
beach litter assemblages she creates are her personal
response towards the large quantities of detritus that
she finds washed daily along the tideline on the islands
beautiful coasts.
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Jane
is fascinated by the variety of objects she
collects but horrified that so much ends up in
the sea causing harm to wildlife and pollution
of our seas not to mention the spoiling of the
beach environment. The purpose of her work is to
encourage the spectator to reflect upon these
issues and at the same time, hopefully, raise an
awareness of this problem.
These
collections are also works of art and very
unique to a particular island location. The
artist has chosen these special pieces of litter
either for their visual qualities or their
associations with the people who have used or
worn them. The elements have left their mark and
Jane presents the objects unchanged, often with
bits of sand and seaweed still attached, in
unglazed frames made from recycled wood. |
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Born and
educated in Cheltenham Gloucestershire
MA Degree 2005 through De Montfort University Leicester.
Jane
had an Artists Residency in May 2006 at the An Tobar Art
Centre at Tobermory on the Isle of Mull. She had an
exhibition of her recent work and took workshops in
local schools. The response from the children made her
appreciate just how important it is to teach people to
respect the environment, especially children whose
future will be affected by how we live today.
Jane’s future
plans are to continue with her beach litter research
project and visit other Hebridean islands. Her research
took her to the Isle of Islay in May of this year when
she exhibited at The Columba Centre and again took
workshops in the local Primary schools. She was
generously funded by Hi-Arts with a Visual Artists Award
and GRAB (Group for Recycling in Argyll and Bute)
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