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I made this piece for an exhibition in Stamford called ‘Living on the Edge’ that was a spin off from the New Networks for Nature symposium. The remit of the show was to make work in response to the title. It was a thought provoking show and I made Dog Chain Bittern, Tweezer Nosed Frog, a Roesel’s Bush Cricket and Bilhook Badger.
Dog Chain Bittern alluded to the success of conservation efforts to help a particular species by setting up reserves.
The Tweezer Nosed Frog was a reference to how the world has got smaller so that wildlife can be exposed to non native flora and fauna and indeed viruses, in this case the choroid virus that has spread through amphibians and is cited as the cause of extinction of at least one South American frog species.
The Roesel’s Bush cricket is extending its range in the UK possibly through global warming and by making use of roadside verges.
A badger was an obvious choice as being a mammal in the news due to the TB crisis and an example of a species that is at the centre of a massive controversy involving Government, the farming industry, conservation organisations and the public.
I made a special effort to use plenty of digging tools in the piece as I enjoyed the fact that badgers are honed digging machines.
