Restore your Shore

Healing the Earth, one beach canvas at a time.

Beach Recovery has worked on eroding coastlines since 2002. Our Coastal Accretion Design places stabilizer tubes nearshore so wave energy builds sand back up instead of carrying it away — and the structures carry artists' canvases while they do it. The shop carries the same record in plain apparel and goods.

The Foundation

The work, and the record of it

  • Gallery

    Photographs, time-lapse and the 2016 address at the United Nations.

  • Collaborating Artists

    Art into the Sea: canvases carried by the nearshore structures.

  • News

    Dated announcements, kept as they were made.

  • Team Beach

    The people behind the Foundation's field and art work.

From the shop

Everyday pieces from the field kit

  • Shore Crew Tee

    Short sleeve, heavyweight cotton

    Cross symbol at left chest, signature at back neck.

    Pricing [TBD]

  • Tide Line Hoodie

    Pullover hood, brushed fleece

    Blue on sand, single-colour signature.

    Pricing [TBD]

  • Shoreline Tee

    Short sleeve, relaxed fit

    Signature at left chest, no tint variation.

    Pricing [TBD]

  • Coastal Tote

    Canvas carry-all

    One-colour black signature.

    Pricing [TBD]

Three-panel record of one shoreline: crews installing early geotextile tubes along a severely eroded beach backed by riprap and a bluff-top house in 2000; the same stretch in 2003 with a wide sand beach and dune grass returning; and the same view in 2017 with established vegetation across the restored profile.

Field record

An early prototype, documented over time

An early version of the beach recovery system was deployed circa 2000 on a coastline experiencing severe erosion. By circa 2003 the pilot installation served as a proof of concept for geotextile containment structures, and the same view was documented again circa 2017.

Accretion, retreat rate and volume figures for this site are [TBD] pending verified survey data.

Read the impact record

Work with us on a shoreline

Site assessment, applications and partner enquiries for coastal landowners, municipalities and restoration partners.

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