Razorbill (Rising Scottish Sea Temperatures)

Original: Photography and mixed media (household paint, oil pastel, wax pastel, spray paint, pencil, and collage) onto Fabriano 310gsm paper. Created in 2021. Size (in light grey wood frame): 57.9 x 76.8 cm with mirror plates. Tag details: Leicester Museum | Razorbill (species: Alca Torda). Locality: Cley Beach, Norfolk. Sex: Female. The date that the specimen became part of the permanent collection at New Walk Museum: 1983. Exhibited at StudionAme as part of a solo exhibition to explore the effects of climate change on bird species. Working in collaboration with scientists and experts in the natural world from the British Trust of Ornithology and the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.