Contemporary art about ocean ecology seen through the fascinating world of seaweed. Jill’s art celebrates the beauty, anatomy, and role of seaweeds in the web of ocean life, along with thought provoking and educational art which explores the challenges to oceans, from global warming to invasive species. Solo exhibition – at the Dairy Center for the Arts in Boulder Colorado.
See the exhibition statement. Read about Jill’s journeys to learn more about the current state of the oceans and seaweeds in her blog posts. See the events that occurred with the exhibition.
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Exhibition: Holdfast: Seaweeds in a Time of Oceanic ChangeDairy Arts Center, Boulder Colorado -
Gallery installationKayak dreaming- video installation piece with underwater scenes of Giant Kelp over a 15 ft cast paper ocean kayak -
Essential Waters © Jill PowersThis piece speaks of the essential nature of water as the most important life giving element on our planet. The piece floats just off the wall, casting beautiful shadows.
Bark Fiber, hand cooked, manipulated, cast, painted
52”H x 47”W -
Diatoms- Gems of the Phytoplankton © Jill PowersMarine phytoplankton is partially composed of diatoms. These pieces are inspired by the beautiful shapes of diatoms seen through the microscope. -
Invasive SpeciesKozo fiber -
Wave Action © Jill PowersWave action is a combination of bark fiber and seaweed. Both were shaped to show the action of the surf zone. Seaweeds need strong wave action to uptake nutrients from the ocean water. They directly take it into their cells along their entire body. Seaweeds have no root system. -
Dulse and Kozo Form -
Verdant Sea Community © Jill PowersInspired by a giant kelp bed, and the effects of the tidal action.
Bark Fiber, hand cooked, manipulated, cast, painted
98”H x 81”W -
Three small seaweed forms -
Nereo WhorlSculpted bull kelp This piece took ten sessions of working with hydrated kelp to slowly build this shape. -
Gallery - Holdfast ExhibitionDairy Arts Center, Boulder ColoradoDairy Arts Center, Boulder Colorado -
Tide Pools 1photo image 20 x 20" -
Photographs in Holdfast Exhibition20 x 20" each, floating off the wall -
Silver Light seriesBlack and White photographs on frosted plexiglass, signed 24 x 24" each -
Verdant Sea Community (detail) © Jill Powers -
Essential Waters (detail) © Jill Powers -
False AttractionsKozo fiber, plastics -
DiatomsThese are inspired by microscopic forms in ocean water-Cast and sculpted kozo fiber -
Tensions in BalanceKozo fiber, dried sea urchins, Aristotle's Lanterns (sea urchin teeth) -
gallery view Holdfast exhibition -
The Poetry of Seaweed- 3Sculpted kombu seaweed, sculpted holdfast, urchin, scultpted kelp knot -
Gallery view -
The Language of Seaweed - sculpted seaweed forms -
Cultivating UmamiKombu seaweed tied with guord, antique Japanese sea rake -
Sea TracesBull kelp floats -
The Poetry of Seaweed -Sculpted seaweed -
Tide Pools 2 -
Hold FastWeathered haptera hold fast”
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Macrocystis 1Photo Image 20 x 20” -
Sea Forest10ft x 6ft, kozo fiber
