"My practice co-opts the language of flowers as a proxy for my own infertility as I re-imagine the traditional still life for the 21st Century. My work focuses on the unnaturalness of pictorial imagery produced under patriarchy, and explores how historical botanical documentation was made by women as a ‘socially acceptable’ outlet for their scientific and artistic education.

 

I nurture the material of the work from seed to stem to bloom, to produce uncanny projections of life squashed, renewing emotional health through the journey of growth. The repetitive physical labour is a counterpoint to the final solemn documentary stage, where technology creates a perfect specimen without a human hand."

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