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1. Many years ago, while in Chinatown, I came upon a massive 15 lb. volume called “ The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities”. So impressed, I thought someday, I would get a copy of it for myself .
In the 1700's, Albertus Seba, a pharmasist by trade, was an avid collector of the natural world... everything from fish, snails, insects, shells, plants, animals to odd freaks of nature. It wasn’t purely scientific, but , more about his inquisitiveness of natural phenomena from the new world.) The collections were so vast that he sold them to royalty and would hire graphic artists for documentation. Inspired by the drawings, I am using their design format for this series. |
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| 2. Flashback 3 years: I’m on a flight back home from Germany (Kapolei Art Glass Project) and this guy next to me strikes up a conversation about the Great Pacific Trash Dump. (at that time it was the size of Texas. Now, the estimated size is the continental U.S.) So I do more research, eventually end up going to the Big Island, meeting Bill Gilmartin from the Hawaii Wildlife Foundation...( my girls get into it too)...we have gone to Kamilo on several occasions to help clean the beach, gather plastic trash for our own art projects, as well as collecting and sending off nurdles that has been analysed for toxicity. |
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 The ever-spreading plastic slur. |
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 Tons of discarded/lost fishing nets. |
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 When you throw plastic away...it really doesn't go away. |
 How much is underwater? |
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 The Hawaii Wildlife Fund volunteers pull 10 to 20 tons of cargo/fishing nets and plastic trash from Kamilo beach annually. |
 Nurdles shifted from Kamilo beach was sent to Japan for toxic analysis: plastic absorbs PCBs and DDT |
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 Just few days after being graciously hosted in July by Bill Gilmartin from the Hawaii Wildlife Fund, we met Capt. Moore on the Alguita/ Algalita Marine Research Foundation at Kewalo Basin. |
 These guys do a wonderful job taking care of the Ka'u/Waiohinu/ Kamilo: Picking up tons of plastic and fish nets from the gyre, monitoring the native plants and ponds in the area. |
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| • Sept 19, 2009 Kamilo: | |||
| You Tube video I shot of the September 19th Cleanup at Kamilo; This was an international event that was locally sponsored by the Hawai'i Wildlife Fund. | |||
| 24th annual International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) or “Get the Drift & Bag It!” Sept 19, 2009 Stats Kaiole Bay to Kamilo Point – 1 mile of coastline 69 participants: - 26 from Hilo (14 from Hilo HS Junior Greenpeace Group) - 15 from Ka‘u - 13 from Puna - 5 from Kohala - 5 from O‘ahu - 3 from Hamakua - 2 unknown – e kala mai to Dan Taylor and Paul Buklarewicz …. 46 accounted for in below data: 111 trashbags filled 1580 lbs of marine debris (of non-net debris) 2 tons (4000 lbs) of derelict fishing nets!!! 1 55-gal. drum 1 tobacco packaging 1 tampon/applicator 2 diapers 2 construction helmits 3 cars/car parts 4 plastic sheeting/tarps 5 light bulbs/tubes 5 tires 5 combs 6 syringes 7 building materials 10 batteries 11 balloons 14 cigarette butts/filters 16 shotgun shells/wadding 18 strapping bands 21 pull tabs 27 crates 31 food wrappers/containers 36 six-pack holders 40 toothbrushes 41 bait containers/packaging 47 bags (plastic) 48 oil/lube bottles 48+ fishing line 50 toys 51 chunks of Styrofoam 55 beverage caps 62 clothing pieces/shoes 63 bleach/cleaner bottles 65 plates/cups/forks/knives/spoons 66 buoys/floats 75 cigarette lighters 89 straws/stirrers 113 glass beverage bottles 165+ crab/lobster/fish traps (primarily hagfish traps and oyster spacers) 188 beverage bottles (plastic) 197 fishing lures/light sticks 252+ fishing nets 272+ ropes 994 caps/lids 3000+ small plastic fragments Entangled animals: dead seabird wing (body missing) in fishing net, barnacle/snail and crayfish (???) found attached to debris alive and released Other interesting finds included: construction helmits, a Star Wars storm trooper figurine, umbrella handles, dental floss box, laundry baskets, metal canteen, Nestle glass bottle, and plenty large chunks of Styrofoam. *** Many thanks each of you 69 individuals that made this cleanup such a success! Special thanks go out to the large groups that came from Hilo High School (Junior Greenpeace), UH Hilo (TCBES and MOP programs), Carol Kekauoha’s family (including Russell Chin of Matson), and especially to the far-travelling O‘ahu folks (Nami & John Nielipinski, Doug Young, and Mari & Marina Hartman) …. …. Also a big mahalo goes out to Ron and Noni Sanford who used their 4wd real-life “tonka truck” to pull that massive fishing net off the shores of Kaiole Bay. Good on ya! |
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| 3. 2006 through early 2009 : I’m consumed in the Art Glass project incorporating the pure healing water imagery of a pristine beach cove named Aniani Ku. |
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 The protected salt water pond of Anianiku. |
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Connecting the dots: 1. Utilize the pristine waters of Aniani Ku and mold them into organic waterforms. 2. Integrate them with the intent and graphic format of Albertus Seba’s “ The Cabinet of Natural Curiosities”. The Great Pacific Gyre? nurdles? are these today's curiosities? 3. All this time I thought a dip in the surrounding waters was a cleansing experience for mind and body. Now we have sewage spill(s)...and who knows the impact of the gyre plastic and minute powdered particulates in out food chain? Mutant waterforms/ fire-burnt paper offered on resin encased Kamilo plastic sand...curiosities from the gyre. A core sample from one of my chaotic slurries in visual form. Doug Young Natural Curiosities/ Gyre Pacifica:Waterforms Sept. 2009 |
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| September 2009: 24th international annual "Get the Drift and Bag It" hosted by the Hawai'i Wildlife Fund @ Kamilo beach |
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