@artecology-iw
We're passionate about creating spaces where nature and humans thrive together. Through Nature Inclusive Design, we're shaping better places one project at a time. Join us as we explore the intersection of art, ecology, and community.
Hands to Habitat.
Not just our hands, but the hands of everyday folks from communities across the land.
These Vertipools and their ‘CoCreate™️’ bioreceptive artefacts will be heading to an intertidal zone in Whitby very soon.
Another project with our friends in the north Groundwork NE & Cumbria .
Spontaneous science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. #STEAM delivered through Artecology CoCreate.
#education #stem
Thanks to the EA for inviting me to deliver CPD at their office via an @artecology-iw.bsky.social CoCreate workshop. An afternoon of hands on making, discussion, and Q&A exploring ecoengineering. Handcrafted Nature Inclusive Designs made for wildlife. Real work feeding directly into interventions.
Artecology CoralPod seen under natural light.
Handcrafted reef habitat by the Artecology Studio.
Made using organic intelligence…..i.e with our hands…followed by four years of fish, invertebrate, and coral ecological succession.
Photo by The Coral Centre
#coral #reef #art #science #marinebiology
map.unbiodiversitylab.org/earth?basema...
A trading card worth millions tells you all you need to know about the mad system we live in. A piece of printed cardboard featuring a fictitious creature considered way more valuable than an actual living animal.
#collapse #pokemon #businessasusual #artificialscarcity
Lifecycle resources inside and out.
CoralPod®️shown over time.
#ecologicalsuccesion
#coral
As easy as 1 2 3!
A favourite project from 2025.
Whitehall Landing on the Esk Estuary. A smooth concrete surface offering nothing much for marine life. Sitting at the heart of a new waterfront community it became a chance to rethink what coastal infrastructure can do.
From installation to ecosystem.
Artecology G Type and S Type Vertipools showing ecological succession over time.
Deployed by HM Government of Gibraltar in 2020, our first Nature Inclusive Designs in the Mediterranean Sea.
We’re super happy to be included in this fantastic publication…..
Five ecoengineering wildlife occupancy types. They follow a simple gradient, from short visits through to permanent residence. The aim is to make sure our crafted interventions offer the right resources for every need and lifecycle stage across the five occupancy types we’ve identified.
We are hiring!
Interested? Apply here: go.mbl.edu/AS1887
I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all .
@nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧
Think of an idea. Design that idea. Make the idea a reality.
#iwbiosphere #ecoengineering #seashore #natureinclusivedesign #innovation #isleofwight
Scuba Diver next to te mooring.
View of the beach and sea where mooring is installed.
Ceramic octopus covered in seaweed and marine life.
Marine life on the mooring.
Karen Boswarva & Seasearch Orkney surveyed #ShooglyHolm after 1 month underwater. See how the wee octopus has changed and the marine life in artist Jenny Pope's mooring. 📷: J Kakkonen & Elaina, Seasearch Orkney. ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp (@artecology-iw.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social)
Nige explores a perspective that runs against the grain of today’s technology-first narrative.
www.artecology.space/blog/2025/9/...
Great to be invited by the brilliant Solent Forum to speak about our work at their event earlier this week.
Photos by Claire Hector and Daneen Cowling from Artecology’s not-for-profit mothership The Common Space CLG
Sometimes land, sometimes sea….always fascinating. Today the predators are hunting at Science Beach!
@flygirlnhm.bsky.social
Life finds a way at Science Beach artificial rockpool.
Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
View from the boat
Shoogly Holm mooring
Ceramic pieces in the mooring
Sea life
Snorkelling to the #ShooglyHolm underwater sea-life hotel! 🤿
ℹ️: tinyurl.com/3kzbrpjp
📷 by Karen Boswarva & Katy Firth
(@creativescots.bsky.social, @jpopstudios.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social )
Jenny Pope & Katy Firth working on the mooring.
Jenny Pope & Katy Firth working on the mooring.
Community-made ceramic pieces.
Today @jpopstudios.bsky.social is working on the #ShooglyHolm mooring, inc. attaching community-made ceramics. Pop by to say hello before 3pm!
Project partners: oisf.org, blidetrust.org.uk, aquatera.co.uk, emec.org.uk, @creativescots.bsky.social, @artecology-iw.bsky.social, kerrianneflett.com
Jenny Pope with Shoogly Holm and Poppy the dog.
The #ShooglyHolm mooring is ready, and Poppy the dog is very excited! Join us tomorrow, Sat 20 Sep at 9-10am to toast its launch with a wee dram, some Orcadian poetry and a few words by artist @jpopstudios.bsky.social.
(@artecology-iw.bsky.social @creativescots.bsky.social)
Shoogly Holm mooring frame
SHOOGLY HOLM Part II: Mooring Installation with artist Jenny Pope 19-20 Sept 2025 Everyone’s invited to drop in and see the installation of a new mooring and sea-life habitat in Stromness Harbour. Outside Stromness Museum: Fri 19 Sept 10am-3pm Public viewing of mooring construction completion, including the attachment of community-made ceramic pieces fired by Kerrianne Flett, with Jenny Pope mortaring these inside frames donated by EMEC. Outside Stromness Museum: Sat 20 Sept 9-11am Launch of the floating sculpture with the help of a boat into Stromness Harbour. Jenny Pope will toast this underwater bug hotel with a wee dram, some Orcadian poetry and a few words. Stromness Museum, 52 Albert St, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3DH Tel: 01856 850025 Email custodian@stromnessmuseum.org.uk www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk
Join us this Fri 10am-3pm at the Museum, to see @jpopstudios.bsky.social completing the #ShooglyHolm mooring construction, inc. attaching community-made ceramics.
Project partners: oisf.org, blidetrust.org.uk, aquatera.co.uk, emec.org.uk, @creativescots.bsky.social & @artecology-iw.bsky.social.
Windy on Science Beach field study area today!!
First field test of an Artecology CoCreate Vertipool (artificial rock pool) made entirely with community engagement CoCreate methods. No special moulds, and widely available materials in this case Vicat Natural Cement based concrete and clay.
Now we wait for the first tide to claim it as its own!!
The wonderful world of Artecology.
Eco-engineering built different!!
A day of two halves, and a post of two halves 😂
