Emma Yorke
The Lies We Tell, 2021
Cyanotype on paper with stitched found plastic fibres 200x90cm
In memory of a green algae bloom caused by agricultural and industrial water runoff into the Baltic sea (witnessed under the midnight sun in Finland, July 2018)
Emma Yorke
The Unravelling, 2021
Cyanotype on fabric with stitched found plastic fibres and threads 245x143cm
Green stitch marks the contours of an often walked coastline, whilst the red marks the predicted new sea level (with moderate temperature rise) by 2050 (mapping data from Climate Central).
Emma Yorke
Gallitrops, 2021
Cyanotype on fabric with stitched found plastic fibres 112x27cm
Organic forms appeared as cyanotype coated fabric was floated on the water surface at the mouth of the River Yeo. Stitched plastic thread found along the estuary shore line was stitched in colour-coded rings to show decreasing water quality over a period of 5 years (data from The UK Environment Agency).
