We did it to ourselves!!

We hear, we see, and we read about global concerns related to climate change and its dire consequences to our planet, and yet...

Human-produced greenhouse gases, primarily CO2, trap the sun’s heat causing global warming and climate change. The scientific evidence is there, and we can see it for ourselves. But, for the most part, we humans, apparently the most intelligent of all species, have buried our heads in the sand.

Dire Consquences is intended to make the viewer cringe, to make you aware of the impact our day-to-day lives, our decisions, and our lack of concern for the future have on the planet.

Now, that "bling" in the centre? Has it grabbed your attention?

No, it's not a flower. It represents the polar regions where glaciers are melting into ice flows that are melting into the five greatest oceans of the world, that inturn feed water to our rivers and lakes, including Canada's own Great Lakes.

Melted ice causes more global warming; the higher temperatures cause water to evaporate more quickly. As water evaporates it leads to more drought, which then cause wildfires, and these wildfires ravage our flora and fauna as they scorch the earth.

We still fool ourselves by thinking that climate change is something that will happen in the future. It’s not. It is happening right now, and the predictions are dire for our children’s future, and even more so for our grandchildren’s future. And, simply put, we have brought this upon ourselves.

To further emphasize my point about our lack of concern for the global waste we are creating, I have used mostly scavanged upcycled materials, discarded and forgotten because we don't need or want them anymore.

These materials include: corroded metals - brake shields, washers, hex nuts, screws and nails; agate slices; quartz crystals, kyanite; asphalt pebbles from the streets around my house; lava rock from driveways in Flagstaff; slag from Sudbury; jasper beads; lava beads; smalti; stained glass; metal shavings; copper nails; aquarium gravel, coloured sand; fused glass; and serendipitously found cement "brain bits".