Saving Jaws

“When we save the oceans, we save ourselves.” - David Attenborough

Saving Jaws, "the Great White" by artist Vincent Mock, is made up of 5,000 stainless steel fishing hooks. Each hook symbolizes the estimated remaining population of great white sharks still swimming in the sea today.

This monumental work is an ode to this iconic species - the oldest predator of the sea - and confronts us with the fragile relationship between humans and the ocean. The survival of the great white shark is essential for the health of marine ecosystems.

5,000 Hooks - how does it work?

Each hook in the artwork represents one share in the art piece. This way, 5,000 people worldwide can become co-owners of a sculpture dedicated to protecting the oceans.

The six-meter-long sculpture has been fully scanned. Each individual hook is digitally registered with a unique number on the blockchain. This ensures transparent ownership and traceable authenticity for every hook.

Hart Beach offers the first 250 buyers the opportunity to become co-owners of Saving Jaws and acquire a hook for an introductory price of €150. The price of the hooks will gradually increase; the last 1,000 hooks will cost €5,000 each.

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Shark Fin Soup

More than 100 million sharks are killed annually worldwide, primarily for shark fin soup, a delicacy in parts of Southeast Asia. Europe also plays a major role in this trade: more than 40% of the fins imported into the Asian market come from European fisheries.

40% of the proceeds from Hart Beach's Saving Jaws project go to Sea Shepherd to protect marine life, including the Great White Shark.
33% of the proceeds cover the cost price of your "Shark Fin Soup" artwork.
13% of the proceeds go to the artist and will be used to take the Saving Jaws project around the world and tell its story.
13% of the proceeds are for partners such as Hart Beach. This allows them to create a fund to start a new Green Key project.

Mako Shark Sculpture in Hart Beach

The shark in Hart Beach is a mako shark, from the same Hooked On Life Series as Saving Jaws. The sculpture, made up of 2500 fishhooks, symbolizes the speed, power, and vulnerability of sharks in general. The mako shark was also a major source of inspiration for the iconic shark in the movie JAWS.

Vincent Mock

The artist who inhabits many worlds. From the African wilderness to the depths of the ocean: his sense of responsibility as an environmentalist always resonates in his work. Life-size sculptures of endangered marine animals, gigantic antlers adorned with glass beads, and the golden skull of a poached rhinoceros are just some of the many artworks he has created to convey his ideas about our world.

Whether he contemplates the transience of life on Earth or raises questions about the complexity of human consciousness, Mock offers us no respite. He stimulates our imagination and reminds us of our interdependence on the natural world—or perhaps the connection we are losing with it.

Vincent Mock lives and works in Amsterdam.

Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd is an international non-profit organization dedicated to protecting marine life worldwide. The organization was founded in 1977 by Canadian conservationist Paul Watson. He was the first person to put himself between a whale and a harpoon in an inflatable boat. This act drew worldwide attention. Over 35 years later, direct action at sea is still Sea Shepherd's trademark.