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Sun damaged microplastics, Styrofoam, multi-coloured fish line, fish nets, washed-up black rubber, balloons, shotgun shells, various ropes, cigarillo tip, pop lids, wrappers, and other assorted weather materials
High Tide Take Out
Kuroshio Bowl
The Kuroshio, also known as the Black or Japan Current or the Black Stream, is a north-flowing ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean. It is similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic and is part of the North Pacific ocean gyre.
The surface water of the Kuroshio moves rapidly at speeds of around two meters per second, transporting a large amount of heat, salt, organic and inorganic matter from south to north.
https://eos.org/editors-vox/the-kuroshio-current-artery-of-life
Art By Alexandra Ewen
Low Tide Tangle
A combination of nets, washed up shot gun shells, rubber and styrofoam. Low tide exposes the underworld of our current plastic pollution crisis.
Plastic Sushi by Alexandra Ewen
September 2018
North Pacific Current
The North Pacific Current flows east to west, a combination of the Kuroshio Current and Oyashio Current, both contributing the mass amounts of plastic and nonorganic materials being washed up on the West Coast of Canada.
Sushi Art by Alexandra Ewen
2018
Plastic Island
The North Pacific Gyre (in the North Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii).
This garbage patch is the largest in the world when all factors are considered. It contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, is estimated to weigh around 80,000 tons, and cover a surface of approximately 617,763 square miles (1.6 million square km). The patch is also constantly growing as up to 2.41 million tons of plastic and garbage enter the ocean each year.
Art by Alexandra Ewen