led by curiosity, process and materials
inspired by seaweed and light
moulded by place and time
cyanotypes
The beauty of cyanotypes is that they give a size ratio of 1:1 with the object depicted on the work. All the algae, therefore, are the size on the material that they are in real life.
Reading between the lines, you notice an absence in the image - the seaweed is not there - just a memory of it is.
The algae used are those I find thrown up on the beach after a storm.
Three year old Oar weed and horned wrack on cotton, hemmed. 180cm x 53cm
Oar weed and sugar kelp on paper.
180 cm x 53cm
Wakame and bladder wrack on silk, hemmed.
180cm x 50cm.
A little gem of a cyanotype, "Dancing Mouse' is made from a frond of Dulce. 17cm x 12cm.
Horned wrack and wire weed growing together sharing a holdfast possibly on a shell.
Laminaria digitata , sargassum, horned wrack and thong weed on silk, hemmed.
180cm x 53cm.
Twin Wakame with horned wrack on silk.
70cm x 53cm.
Oar weed on awagami paper. £50 unframed
A silk cyanotype triptych in resin. £750 unframed
Thong weed on paper.
180cm x 53cm