Rooted in the Land.Notes From an Urban Landscape.2.
A body of work that explores my personal relation to my urban landscape within the context of plants considered unwanted and often designated as 'weeds'.

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Herb Robert.... who I seed bombed in our garden.

Buddleia ... who appeared on our door and made our home its own.

Purple Toadflax... whom I first met in the city and brought home with me...

Garlic Mustard... who appears in the same spot in our garden every year.

Curly Dock... whose change in colours helps me map the seasons

Mugwort.... who grows abundantly where I walk.

And many more....

Plants that live around me...

Plants whose lives are intertwined with mine...

And it is these plants and many more that I have attempted to celebrate by creating work that echoes a sense of deep reverence and love for these plants.

Each plant that I have engaged with is illustrated in the work seen above using what is known as 'lake pigments'. And then each illustration is adorned within a frame with soft and organic outlines which have been cut on the laser cutter.

Lake pigments take some time to obtain from the plants, which I lovingly and mindfully forage from around me according to the seasons.

A few of the pigments are seen placed in the tiny terracotta vessels. Together with the plate which holds them, they serve as an offering of love and respect to the plants.

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The embroidered panels illustrate my personal relation to the plants considered unwanted and overlooked in my urban environment.

Inspired by the principles of the ancient Indian craft of Kantha, the fabric is recycled and naturally dyed wuth colours obtained from the plants.

Each embroidery is a labour of love which illustrates my relation to the plants, while attempting to outline where I forage them from while attempting to map the surrounding geographical terrains.

An embroidery inspired by the Tree of Life concept. Which instead of trees features otherwise unwanted and overlooked plants.

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In the above series, the plants were my muse. I spend hours with them, drawing them which allowed me to obtain soft organic forms.

These forms then became my hand cut stencils which I used with the process of screen printing to create the collaged prints.

The screen printing pastes are all natural and have been obtained from the plants adding a further layer of deep meaning to the process.

Inspired by the ancient Indian craft of Rangoli, patterns made from dried plant parts- Nettle, Dock and Buddleia adorn the floor of the space.

A few of the stars of my show. Written with natural watercolours made from the plants.

Rooted in the Land, Notes from an Urban Landscape Series 1.
An ongoing series that captures my interactions with urban weeds.2024

Inks made from ruderal plants in my urban landscape. Foraged over the season, and left to dry in petri dishes. Each circular petri dish holds in it a tiny part of the landscape where it came from. And undergoes changes just like it would in nature.

Each glass vial holds in it a tiny fraction of the urban landscape where it came from. A fraction build up of many layers of care and connection.

Seen in the vials are what are known as lake pigments. Sourced from plants considered unwanted and designated as weeds, the pigments take time to make. It begins with foraging mindfully, leading to a deeper understanding and connection to the landscape.

Using chemistry, the pigments are gained from the plants, filtered, dried and then ground.Each beautiful colour helps foster a deep connection appreciation and understanding of the plant that it was gained from.