This sculpture is made for Weymouth Art Trail with the theme being water, I chose to work with the theme of levels relating to the sea levels rising and looking into its affects on are planet. I want you to stand back and think about ways we can make changes. The Levels artwork is made from stainless steel and resin, which is 40% plant based and the most eco resin on the market. I have worked with poet Aly Stoneman in the development of the above poem.
THE LEVELS ARE CHANGING
Aly Stoneman 2021
Start at sea level
reckon the tide’s surge
metre by metre
over patchwork fields
blue outflanking you
year on year
to the threshold of your house,
your tongue slipping
on place-names sunk
in sediment and brackish water.
Your home means little to a future
of eroded cliffs, toppled
tree stumps at low tide;
roads leading nowhere.
The sea sends
harbinger gulls inland.
We must navigate
our changing world.
Aly Stoneman is a poet and researcher whose work explores the relationship between humans and the natural world in a changing climate. alystoneman.co.uk Sea levels are rising and will continue to rise for centuries to come, threatening communities and habitats. Areas such as the Jurassic coast, where sea level rise and increased storminess due to global warming exacerbates the natural process of coastal erosion, must consider a wide range of adaptation strategies, both now and in the future.
