Using the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree inventory as a guide, I will be spending the following year investigating trees of significance around the UK as inspiration in my work and to inspire a curiosity in these trees with others. Simultaneously, I’ll be looking at ways to ‘green my practice’ by learning how to make my own botanical inks and pigments as well as by researching various ‘sustainable’ paints already available. This is to not only to challenge environmental issues in contemporary art, but to also physically incorporate the landscape into the works themselves.
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Pine Cone Ink
After a sloppy and amateur start last week… I feel I redeemed myself slightly with my Sequoia pine cone ink this week. I just boiled them with soda crystals. I roughly tried to follow measurements I found online and record…
Dispatches from the Sloppy Chemist
Ok… I wasn’t sure I would publish this post because it’s actually so embarrassing- my absolute ignorance in the field of pigment-making. I know there’s a lot of people who have been doing this for a long time, that I…
Epping Forest
After visiting my baby Giant Sequoia in Epping Upland, I headed off to explore Epping Forest for the first time. I didn’t feel like this was the official launch of my project, rather just a little delve into my local…
Giant Sequoia in Epping Upland
Last Saturday, while planning my first visit to Epping Forest, I had a little look at the Woodland Trust Ancient Tree Inventory, (ATI) and stumbled onto a Giant Sequoia living not far from me and with public access. I decided…