Anatomy of a forest

Nettle Toned Cyanotype & Silver Gelatin Photographs, 2024

Commission and Exhibition, Photo Canopy, 2024.
Funded by Arts Council England.

These images were produced as part of my artist residency with Photo Canopy in Spring 2024.

For the residency, I was inspired by natural structures and forms, particularly those found in the book 'Li; Dynamic Forms In Nature' by David Wade. These patterns include 'fracture', 'crackle' and 'branching', in addition to orb like forms.

'Li comes to eventually represent in Daoist cosmology the more abstract quality of the natural patterns or structures within the universe along which all phenomena move and interact with one another without the interference of human beings'

Roth 羅浩 HD. The Classical Daoist Concept of LI 理 (Pattern) and Early Chinese Cosmology. Early China.

Amongst other phenomena, I focused on circular shapes, branching, bark texture and patterns in mud. I am interested in how nature expresses itself, producing efficient solutions for growth, on a micro and macro scale.