The Last Moki
Ko te hopu whakamutunga o te ika
Moki is a trumpeter fish which is found around the Kermadec Islands, the Three Kings Islands to Snares Islands, the Chatham Islands and Auckland Islands but rarely further North. I have used the Moki as a token species to represent the sorry state of our fishing industry world wide.
We watch the plunder of our oceans by factory ships where waste is just part of the process and threatened species are taken alongside the commerical catch.
Pollution is one of many other issues which I cannot hope to address with one small art work but I have made a start on it.
These fish are knitted with embroidery silk and measure up to 12cms long, I am making a large number of them.
All images copyright Frances Jill Studd 2015
