The first time I saw the burnt landscape was from the sea. She looked exhausted and perhaps defeated but the wind brushing through her hair brought gentle life. I knew immediately I wanted to be inside her.

Double Glazed and I couldn’t keep you as a whole so I chipped off pieces to stitch back together are part of a body of work in progress since August 2024, following several visits to the landscape that had burned on 17th of July 2024.

I couldn’t keep you as a whole so I chipped off pieces to stitch back together

(2024)

site-specific installation (placement) with dimensions variable, chipped tree branches and cones from Alaçatı [burnt during fire on 17th of July 2024, collected August 2024], black sewing thread

Double Glazed

(2024)

325x263x67mm

double-frame made from cherry with walnut splines, museum glass, two fine art prints on rag 80x141mm, chipped tree branch and cones from Alaçatı [burnt during fire on 17th of July 2024, collected August 2024], Stack (draft) [2024, eight inkjet prints on glossy paper 24x42mm mounted on board with acid-free double sided tape]

Images from Lattice Structure of Space-Time exhibited at Indigo+Madder, London, 22 November 2024 - 11 January 2025

I couldn’t keep you as a whole so I chipped off pieces to stitch back together (2024)