An anthotype of a Forest Lily (Veltheimia bracteata) coloured with dye from an Agapanthus flower.
Photograph of Globe Thistle (Echinops Ritro) dyed using pink Anemone flower petals.
Photograph of Eucomis flower dyed using pink Anemone flower petals.
Photograph of Leopard Lily (Dieffenbachia) dyed using Kōwhai flower petals.
Bachelor of Design with Honours
Photography
‘Floralia’ reimagines image-making as an environmentally conscious and place-based practice.
Using alternative photographic methods such as anthotypes as inspiration, these works integrate both light and living matter into each image. Botanical materials gathered from the same environments where the photographs were taken are transformed into natural dyes, used to tone and re-dye the prints. Through these layered, hand-made processes, the images become a collaboration between human, plant, and place.
These works are scans of the original imprints that embody the presence of the land from which they emerge. Each stage of this process is deeply rooted in a relationship with the natural and more-than-human world, resulting in layered, organic images that bear the trace of both light and living matter, reflecting aspects of the natural world.
Using alternative photographic methods such as anthotypes as inspiration, these works integrate both light and living matter into each image. Botanical materials gathered from the same environments where the photographs were taken are transformed into natural dyes, used to tone and re-dye the prints. Through these layered, hand-made processes, the images become a collaboration between human, plant, and place.
These works are scans of the original imprints that embody the presence of the land from which they emerge. Each stage of this process is deeply rooted in a relationship with the natural and more-than-human world, resulting in layered, organic images that bear the trace of both light and living matter, reflecting aspects of the natural world.
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