Artist Statement

My subject matter, materials and processes are all closely linked to light, time, and the environment. There is an essential relationship between the themes addressed by my work and the act of their being made. I’m interested in photography in its most basic and immediate form - the action of sunlight upon a surface over a specific duration of time - and how the long exposures of lensless photography (photograms, pinhole images) reveal the essence of a situation or event not-quite-tangible to an observer in ‘real’ time or from a human perspective. The variable strength of sunlight, along with the effects of weather and interactions with other non-human elements, make the processes I use experimental and outcomes unpredictable. My photographic prints made using plant matter as their subject are often exposed outdoors over long periods of time. The result is inevitably affected by moisture evaporating, chemicals from the plants themselves and the action of rain seeping in around the edges of the contact frame. Weaving is a process by which timelines are constructed. The materials I use in my textile works are often shaped by their photographic exposure to sunlight: they are time- and site-specific records of significant (or insignificant) moments and events. When woven together a narrative develops - superficially linear and geometric but often with subtle elements of disorder and glitch.