Jennifer's new, seascape work is inspired by a collection of man-made, plastic objects and the natural, marine environments in which she has found them. Her work aims to explore the relationship between the natural and the unnatural, exploiting these contrasting elements to highlight the issue of plastic pollution and address our ever-changing relationship with nature.
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In disguising these man-made objects within landscape imagery, or by placing them within a natural form a new hybrid landscape is formed. The viewer is invited to question the value of these discarded objects as well as consider the part they play as individuals in both the cause and possible solutions. Jennifer combines ceramic materials with ropes and fishing line found on beaches. These are partly decorative, but also serve to address ideas of repair and restoration so vitally needed in these beautiful spaces.
'Cleanliness' (2025)
Mono-printed ceramics, cotton fabric, fine-line pen and found ocean plastic
Close up of 'Nourishment' (2025)
Mono-printed ceramics, cotton fabric, fine-line pen and found ocean plastic
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Close up on 'Preservation' (2025)
Mono-printed ceramics, cotton fabric, fine-line pen and found ocean plastic
The above set of work addresses the symbolic irony of objects found on the beach. Taken out of their usual context, discarded and damaged, the commonly recognised meanings of these objects are completely contradicted when encountered as waste in the natural environment.
'Trinkets and Treasures' (2025) Ceramics and found ocean plastic.
'Trinkets and Treasures' is a series of work considering the sea as a vessel. A container of 'things' both natural and cultural. The sides of each box are litho-printed with an original seascape drawing, layered with slip-trailed objects or imprinted with found plastic pieces. Each panel is then tied together with threads from the beach.
The boxes are displayed filled with plastic detritus. Discarded, broken objects presented as alternative, modern-day souvenirs from a natural landscape changed by human culture.
'Trinkets and Treasures' (2025) Ceramics and found ocean plastic.
'Mermaids Purse' (2025) Black clay, glaze and found ocean plastic.
'Mermaids Purse' (2025) Black clay, glaze and found ocean plastic. Each of theses little egg shells appears stamped with detail drawn from a found plastic object.
'Mussel Shells' (2025) Litho-printed with an origianl drawing of a found plast ic objects finished with a variety of glazes and lusters.
The above pieces were all part of an installation titled 'Collision' which explored culture as the opposite of nature. These simplified forms are still recognisable but have been made unfamiliar due to their exaggerated scale, the embedding of imagery of and from found objects and the incorporation of threads. The cultural artifacts here are presented as a permanent fixture within the natural landscape, something you are just as likely to find on a trip to the beach as a shell or fossil and as if it is impossible to separate one from the other.