Works made whilst in Residency at Hawkwood College, supported by the Francis W Reckitt Arts Trust. 

I spent my time there thinking about the natural world and human’s connection with nature. From reading books such as Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, to Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake, I’ve been considering the ways that we can instil joy and wonder day to day in our lives, and appreciate the green world on our doorstep. When thinking about the climate crisis and the state of the living world, as it has been said by author Dara McAnulty, joy is an important feeling to hold on to, a hopeful place from which to solve the problems that we are facing.

“To use the world well, to be able to stop wasting it and our time in it, we need to re-learn our being in it” — Ursula Le Guin

(quote via Entangled Life, Merlin Sheldrake)