A Vibrant Encounter Part 1
A Vibrant Encounter Part 1

Mixed Media

A Vibrant Encounter Part 1

Part 1 in a mini series exploring coral formations with colourful collage.

A Vibrant Encounter Part 2
A Vibrant Encounter Part 2

Mixed Media

A Vibrant Encounter Part 2

Part 1 in a mini series exploring coral formations with colourful collage.

A Vibrant Encounter Part 3
A Vibrant Encounter Part 3

Mixed Media

A Vibrant Encounter Part 3

Part 1 in a mini series exploring coral formations with colourful collage.

Bottle Caps
Bottle Caps

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Bottle Caps

This image is a demonstration of how bottle caps in the ocean are often mistaken as food for aquatic birds, and stay in their digestive systems un-noticed.

Candy Wrappers
Candy Wrappers

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Candy Wrappers

This image is an abstract demonstration of how large aquatic mammals can be internally damaged by plastic build up by ingestion.

Coral Spectrum
Coral Spectrum

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Coral Spectrum

A play on words, combining "coral" and "colour spectrum" to display colours that are found beneath the oceans surface.

Fishing Nets
Fishing Nets

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Fishing Nets

This image is a demonstration of how plastic fishing nets suffocate and damage coral populations.

Microplastics
Microplastics

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Microplastics

This image is a demonstration of how micro plastics are able to seamlessly travel up the food chain.

Migration
Migration

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Migration

A visual display of wildlife moving to a better suited habitat when their own is invaded by pollution.

Plastic Bags + Straws
Plastic Bags + Straws

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Plastic Bags + Straws

This image is a demonstration of how plastics in the ocean appear as jellyfish, often preyed in by sea turtles.

Plastic Eggs
Plastic Eggs

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Plastic Eggs

This painted sculpture is a image play of how sea otters search for food, usually cracking open clams, but in the age of plastic, this otter only finds toy eggs.

Plastic Fork
Plastic Fork

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Plastic Fork

This image is a demonstration of how plastic utensils can catch on sea foliage and cause disease and death.

Plastic Jug
Plastic Jug

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Plastic Jug

This image is a demonstration of how large plastics such as jugs entrap sea life and disrupt the flow.

Plastic Pack Rings
Plastic Pack Rings

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Plastic Pack Rings

This image is a demonstration of how physically warped sea life can get when plastic attaches to them, or they accidentally slip through plastic.

Q- Tips
Q- Tips

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Q- Tips

This image is an abstract demonstration of the aftermath of a seahorse death, whereas bones look beautiful, they are tainted by plastic use.

Work by

Alexandria Solorzano- Caruso

Illustration