Salt & Peppered Moths

materials: paper, adhesive, spices, clay, feathers, wire

date: 2020

"Salt & Peppered Moths - The Evolution of Creativity in the Time of Coronavirus" is an idea based on the Peppered Moth in evolution, and how we as artists are having to adapt our creative pursuits to a new and limited environment. Famously, the peppered moth - which is normally white with black speckles for camouflage - evolved soot-black wings during the Industrial Revolution in 1800's Britain. When the pollution let up, the lighter form of the moth returned to prevalence.