Storm in a Teacup
The British tea ritual has a large carbon footprint which must contribute to the erratic climate patterns and rising sea levels.
Human Nature
A large site specific installation created for my degree show.
I simplified microscopic images from inside the human body to very basic forms, stripping them of their colour and aesthetic beauty to allow the multitude to be noticed in this artificial landscape.
I wanted to create a landscape made up of cells, making a human landscape, a bodyscape of cell structures.
Discarded Trophies
These 'Trophies' have been constructed from recycled national geographic magazines. The layers of ink and paper once used to report on their decline now form the skin of these endangered animals.
Butterfly Collection
'Butterfly Collection' was originally created for a site specific installation in response to climate change. It has been reshown and rethought over the last few years. This is the latest composition.
Indigo Skies
The denim industry has a significant environmental footprint, mainly due to high water consumption (which can be up to 3,800 litres for one per of jeans) but also the difficulty of recyling, global transporting, and far more concerning is the chemical dyeing which pollutes the water from toxic indigo dye.
Weather Patterns
Tree rings can tell us about climate change as they record information. Wider rings can indicate adequate water and sunshine whereas narrower rings can signify stressful environments like cold weather and drought.
Forest: Lungs of the World
With the ever growing concern of climate change, this work is about the declining population of trees and the importance and impact they have on the planet. Carbon dioxide is probably the largest contributor to climate change, with human consumption being the major factor. Trees play an important role in the survival of our planet as they absorb and store carbon dioxide. Inspired by lung tissue this miniature forest canopy emphasizes how trees are the lungs of the World.
Inner Beauty
A response to the artificial way beauty is perceived as only skin deep.
The pattern was inspired by microscopic images of inside the human body and was constructed using layers of 'skin' from images of models on magazine pages (fashion, beauty and glamour)
On permanent display at Beeldentuin Achter de Westduinen, in Ouddorp. Shown in their restaurant.
Pores for Thought
Britain's native trees will be wiped out if we are not careful. Although they are usually replaced with saplings when they are chopped down the replacements are often non-native, fast growing species. Our trees are beautiful and natures pattern is being wiped out and redesigned.
Holly-Wood
Cross Sections
These can be freestanding, stacked, wall mounted or placed in a deep frame. Various colour sets can also be collected to make large wall installations.
Being made from recycled holly wood produced as a by-product of gardening, these unique pieces serve as a statement on the beauty and detail in nature which escapes the human eye.
Coral Colonies
When coral becomes stressed through pollution or the rising sea temperatures caused by climate change the algae that gives the coral it's amazing colours is ejected from the corals tissue leaving it prone to disease, taking away its main food source and most noticeably giving it a bleached appearance.
Illegal Logging
Our ancient trees are disappearing rapidly and are greatly under threat from Illegal Logging. Deforestation means more carbon dioxide released into the air, which adds to our problem of Climate Change. But this isn't the only problem it's causing, it funds other criminal activities, threatens the lives of indigenous people and could cause irreversible damage to planet and animal life surrounding those trees.
Fungal Spores
Fungi grows through the dispersal of its spores, which are all around us, floating around and landing everywhere, waiting for the right conditions to burst and grow...
Fungi is often overlooked for its importance, its vital for our eco-systems, decomposing organic matter, and recycling nutrients to the earth, enabling the roots of many plants to take the water and nutrients it needs to grow and yet they could also be are demise, causing infections in animals which could lead to their extinction.
Talking Landscapes
'Mapping the West' was collaborative book project between WMC Fine Art degree Students and BYU students in Utah. We were given a map of the 'Escalante' Region and a project brief asking us to produce a book whilst visiting Utah that would be based on a camping trip to Escalante with the BYU students using the dimensions of the book page and paper size of the map for our work.
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The Fallen Oak Leaf Project
As artist in residence at Prenton High School for Girls I worked with the community on The Fallen Oak leaf Project to commemorate the Centenary of the end of World War One.
A large installation displaying leaves from Britain's Oak trees to represent the fallen was on display earlier this year at Birkenhead Central Library in Birkenhead after being on display at The Williamson Art Gallery.
Building Blocks of Life
I have collected things of personal meaning to me for as long as I can remember, keeping them in books of one kind or another. When I have trawled through them I have found myself overwhelmed with emotions, predominantly of loss and love and have been wrapped up in feelings of nostalgia.
As well as memories and emotions flooding back I have found myself lost to remembering what other items once meant to me, forgotten forever now, but as they where once kept to remind me of something I had to still hold on to them.
'Building Blocks of Life' is a small installation which documents my life. Instead of holding onto keepsakes, drawings, letters, photographs etc, in the traditional manner of photo albums, scrap books etc I have produced an installation where I've recycled these things, bringing them together to form the 'Building Blocks of Life'. Although unrecognisable they still hold the same memories for me. I can't imagine this project will ever be finished as I continue to collect mementos that will later have to be added.
Mediums: old sketchbooks, photo albums, diaries, textbooks and scrap books containing drawings, photographs, cards, letters and other snippets that have been part of my life.
Each block is about 2cm cubed.
Blocks 300+ (This work is an ongoing project)