Lost Ice

This work was motivated by my concern for the diminishing extent of the earth’s polar ice caps. Using data on the daily extent of sea ice from the National Snow & Ice Data Center as my source material, I sought to explore in weaving the shape of the ‘lost ice’ over the course of a year in the Arctic. The boundary between water and ice shifts and moves as the year unfolds, but every day of this recent year (2016) experienced a loss of ice compared with the corresponding long run average. This can be seen in the margin of blue water running the whole length of the piece. As part of a commitment to make my creative practice as gently sustainable as I can, this piece is woven exclusively with organic yarns, mill ends and ‘found’ yarns.