Carla's textile practice for the last thirty years has given her a voice to try and change attitudes to the manufacture, use and disposal of plastic and the problems for wildlife caused by its use. For this exhibition, she has focused her attention on the plight of fish in the world's oceans and rivers.
Her carefully researched work highlights the many marine and freshwater fish on the Red List (species considered by conservation bodies to be at risk of extinction).
The long list of red machine stitched names cascading down the wall and onto the floor in the gallery, many of them familiar, makes for very sobering reading.
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This feeling is reinforced by the stitched words of Sir David Attenborough which hang alongside the Red List.
Extracts from her sketchbook describing some of the threatened fish in detail are shown in a display cabinet beside her work to explain her process and give background.
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