Thin Skinned, Compostable Cornstarch Food Waste Recycling Bags, Co-op Compostable Carrier Bag, Vegetable Dyes and Inks from Food Waste and Foraging, Food Colouring, Jersey Soil, Silk and Seeds of Plants Used as Cover Crops, Approx. 400x250cm. Images courtesy of Natalie Mayer.
Made at ArtHouse Jersey during the final week of making as part of 'Where Waste Meets Design' (curated by Kate Montgomery, produced by Laura Hudson) in 2022. This work is made on compostable materials, thinking about soil exhaustion and food waste. The work is called ‘Thin Skinned’ with reference to both the farming of papery skinned Jersey Royals, and to human vulnerability. Quotes in the work point to the importance of the thin layer of soil on which all life on earth depends and which we should care for like our own skin. Words embedded in the work, painted in inks from kitchen waste and foraging include the name 'Thin Skinned' and the phrases 'You and I are Earth' and '6 Inches of Soil and Rain'. Visitors to the gallery were invited to collaborate in making the work and many conversations took place concerning recycling, farming, food, growing, economics, dyeing and preserving amongst other subjects, and several people brought gifts of soil, potatoes and food.
Made at ArtHouse Jersey during the final week of making as part of 'Where Waste Meets Design' (curated by Kate Montgomery, produced by Laura Hudson) in 2022. This work is made on compostable materials, thinking about soil exhaustion and food waste. The work is called ‘Thin Skinned’ with reference to both the farming of papery skinned Jersey Royals, and to human vulnerability. Quotes in the work point to the importance of the thin layer of soil on which all life on earth depends and which we should care for like our own skin. Words embedded in the work, painted in inks from kitchen waste and foraging include the name 'Thin Skinned' and the phrases 'You and I are Earth' and '6 Inches of Soil and Rain'. Visitors to the gallery were invited to collaborate in making the work and many conversations took place concerning recycling, farming, food, growing, economics, dyeing and preserving amongst other subjects, and several people brought gifts of soil, potatoes and food.