This is the Astragalus flower (or milkvetch).
It’s saying is “your presence softens my pains”.
Hand cut 36gsm washi paper.
2023
Hand cut 36gsm washi paper, burning and paint.
2024
Excerpt from a National Geographic article: "fire is a natural phenomenon, and nature has evolved with its presence"
Looking at the theme of destruction and the renewal coming from that.
Prix Puvis de Chavannes installation at the Salon des Beaux Arts 2024, Paris.
Hand cut paper, paint, embroidery thread and wire.
2023
Experimentation in to creating three dimensional forms in paper.
Hand cut washi paper.
This piece was made for Echo New York’s Echo 100 campaign. The design was created to be made into a silk scarf.
100 artists were asked to create a design, into a numbered edition of 100. 100$ from the sale of each scarf will be donated to the charity Choose Love, a charity dedicated to providing support to displaced people and refugees and providing aid during disasters. They are available via the Echo New York website here
Installation “Breeze”. 100 Dandelion seed pods, floating through the gallery space as if caught on a breeze.
Laser cut elements taken from a hand cut prototype.
Laser cut Dandelion, hand assembled.
Part of my installation “Breeze” at Heron Arts, San Francisco 22nd June - 22nd July 2023
Hand cut paper, painted both sides.
2023
Inspired by the beautiful patterns found in moss.
On show at Heron Arts, San Francisco until 22nd July 2023
Hand cut paper, suspended.
2023
Approx 2m x 0.5m.
On show at Heron Arts, San Francisco until 22nd July 2023.
A white ghost of naturally occurring patterns inspired by those in nature, an intervention in a man made space.