Tucked into the Garden Bed
(2020–21)
This summer in gardens initially provided a counterbalance to personal and greater uncertainties, and became an exercise in acceptance—of petals falling to the ground.
This summer in gardens initially provided a counterbalance to personal and greater uncertainties, and became an exercise in acceptance—of petals falling to the ground.
Tucked into the Garden Bed (installation)
(2023)
In my installation at Bromfield Gallery, I combined the original photographs, anthotype prints and pigments, altered natural objects, and clay slugs and snails—all sourced from my parents’ garden and surrounding area.
In my installation at Bromfield Gallery, I combined the original photographs, anthotype prints and pigments, altered natural objects, and clay slugs and snails—all sourced from my parents’ garden and surrounding area.
In Her Garden
(2021)
I still dream of a garden, of a place in which to be innocent again. The video piece, In Her Garden, connects past and present selves through footage from a childhood garden, a green space from adulthood, and a new, rainy day garden. Throughout the three sections, there is a call-and-response between a child and an adult voice, yearning for something beyond the garden of childhood.
I still dream of a garden, of a place in which to be innocent again. The video piece, In Her Garden, connects past and present selves through footage from a childhood garden, a green space from adulthood, and a new, rainy day garden. Throughout the three sections, there is a call-and-response between a child and an adult voice, yearning for something beyond the garden of childhood.
Floating Petals
(2020)
Floating Petals is a set of handmade paper sculptures created from a selection of family photographs taken within my childhood garden, combined with dried flowers and plant matter from my parents' present-day garden. Once shredded, the fragments of photographs were brought back together to take on new form.
Floating Petals is a set of handmade paper sculptures created from a selection of family photographs taken within my childhood garden, combined with dried flowers and plant matter from my parents' present-day garden. Once shredded, the fragments of photographs were brought back together to take on new form.
Floating Petals (book)
(2020)
Like my set of paper sculptures, the accordion book is made of handmade paper created from family photographs combined with dried plant matter from my parents' present-day garden. Together, with petals of new and old, I have created my own gardens in which to explore.
Like my set of paper sculptures, the accordion book is made of handmade paper created from family photographs combined with dried plant matter from my parents' present-day garden. Together, with petals of new and old, I have created my own gardens in which to explore.
The Perennial Garden
(2016–21)
With my childhood sanctuary literally razed and replaced, I find myself returning there in my mind, and in my work, searching for what has been lost in adulthood. By excavating remembered stories, dreams, family photographs and found objects, I have found that underneath the layers lies a deep desire for the refuge and freedom of imagination that I thought I would always have.
With my childhood sanctuary literally razed and replaced, I find myself returning there in my mind, and in my work, searching for what has been lost in adulthood. By excavating remembered stories, dreams, family photographs and found objects, I have found that underneath the layers lies a deep desire for the refuge and freedom of imagination that I thought I would always have.
The Perennial Garden (book) WIP
(2021)
In its book format, The Perennial Garden connects the past and present tense through cutouts between pages, creating an interactive experience for the viewer.
In its book format, The Perennial Garden connects the past and present tense through cutouts between pages, creating an interactive experience for the viewer.