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Zara Gardner: Turquoise Urchin Sculpture

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Zara Gardner’s practice explores the intricate and fragile beauty of coral reef ecosystems and their inhabitants while addressing the influences and impacts of humankind on our marine environments. With a specific focus on the critical issues of plastic pollution and coral bleaching, her work strives to visually communicate, stimulate and provoke the conscience of consumers. Investigating the interactions of marine organisms with the never-ending flood of invasive debris that accumulates in their environment every day. This forced adaptation and co-existence has inspired a collection of hybrid sculptures that prompt the viewer to contemplate how the natural world is attempting to reclaim, repurpose, rebuild and reproduce in the face of destruction.

Please note: There are three styles of the turquoise urchin sculpture.  To specify a preferred style please indicate in the Order Notes.  Based on availability.

Care & Use: For decorative use only. Due to the fragile nature of the work, it is recommended to display indoors only.

Material: Stoneware, wheel thrown and hand-sculpted, with multi-layer slip dots.

Measurement (in.): D3.5 x H2.5

Weight (oz.): 4.3

SKU: 031064

About The Artist

Zara Gardner

Zara Gardner is a Barbados-born ceramic artist currently living and working in Toronto. She received her BA (Honours) in Fine Art from the University of Guelph in 2010, followed by a Certificate in Ceramics from the Haliburton School of Art and Design, Fleming College in 2017. She creates objects in clay that range from functional to sculptural, sparking concern, curiosity, and appreciation for the natural world.

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