Avery Miner
Sculpture senior
Always been drawn to using art to push forward efforts of preservation and understanding of natural systems.
Community Easel
For this project I will utilize a large scale easel that I will be making by hand with my father. Once built, the easel will support either a large canvas or metal frame. This will allow for mural sized works to be shown in a outdoor public setting.
For this piece, the life cycle of the piping plover will be represented. The piping plover is an endangered bird that nests on the shore here on Martha’s Vineyard. The mural would help illustrate our impact on this species and help to prevent anymore destruction of their nesting sites.
"17 piping plover pairs used the Island to breed and fledge 44 chicks this year." - Jack Shea, MV Times
Plovers eat a variety of bugs and worms. After a few hours after emerging from their egg they will start to learn how to catch a variety of small creatures such as crustaceans, bugs and worms.
Plovers also use the tide as a method of catching, they run back with the tide as it allows them to find the clams, mollusks and marine worms that bury into the sand once the tide has gone back out.
This dance takes the majority of their time and happens very close to the nesting area of the birds.