Mermaids' Tears (2021) blue each one a tiny cameo

each one a tiny cameo portrait of a moment in our day

bizarre terrestrial crustaceans

alongside Jackson’s paintings

around the block meant a walk into and along Kenidjack Valley

Mermaids' Tears (2021) blue each one a tiny cameoCatalogue to accompany Kurt Jackson's 2021 exhibition Mermaids' Tears at Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh. Mermaids Tears is centred around a textile commission created by world renowned Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh. This is the first exhibition in Scotland charting Kurt Jacksons work to address the blight of plastic in the ocean, and draws attention to the resin pellets or nurdles from plastic manufacturing (known as mermaids tears) that pollute the