Illusion of the Separate Self

Woad in gum arabic on fabriano paper.
76x56cm

Bodyprint I

Woad in poppy seed oil on Fabriano paper
60 x 40 cm

Both Woad and poppies were significant in the history of Lincolnshire.

Bodyprint II

Woad in organic New Zealand flax seed oil on Fabriano paper
100 x 70 cm

Breast Map

Woad in organic New Zealand flax seed oil on Fabriano paper

Bodyprint IV

Woad in gum arabic on handmade Two Rivers Paper
43 x 54cm

Ancestral Women

Hand-processed Chiltern Hills chalkstone on Somerset paper
70 x 50 cm

Chiltern Hills chalkstone was formed in deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite shells.

A contemplation on human and more-than-human lineage.... the human body entangled and connected with the mineral and creaturely..... the human baby born with ovaries containing their entire lifetime's supply of eggs, formed in utero.

The chalkstone was gathered from a site near where my own ancestors lived 3 and 4 generations ago.

Ancestral Body I

Hand-processed Chiltern Hills chalkstone on Somerset paper
70 x 50 cm

A contemplation on body as ancestor, connected to human and more-than-human kin.
Chiltern Hills chalkstone was formed in deep marine conditions from the gradual accumulation of minute calcite shells.

Ancestral Body I (detail)

Bodyprint III (detail)

Woad in Gum Arabic on Fabriano paper