I use printmaking in my practice to explore ecological concepts surrounding people and nature. I create mixed media pieces that explore this relationship by using symbolic imagery and a gothic inspired aesthetic done through expanded printmaking. My work seeks to create interspecies ideas through a collage of the figure merging with natural aspects, in an attempt to explore the relationship we share with the natural world. A fascination with the past and the evolution of how things have turned out bleeds into my work, especially that of personal history, which has been forgotten. Influenced by ideas from the likes of Timothy Morton, mixed with the gothic aesthetics of Ann Radcliffe, my practice is a hopeful ode to the natural world and an exploration of the rifts that have formed between us and it. My work investigates a comparative between the disconnect of family heritage due to the passage of time, and the growing disconnect between civilisation and the environment. I showcase this through collaging the old world with the natural world in an installation that aims to reflect on the past, and be a reminder to cherish the natural world, and to grow from both.
