Fragile Systems is a mixed media installation featuring a shipping pallet stacked with labelled boxes. Open boxes on the pallet contain living plants, creating a contrast with the industrial materials. Watercolour paintings and anthotype prints enhance the walls, while additional open boxes on the floor display more artworks.
The installation explores the relationship between natural materials and systems of control, referencing transport and preservation processes. The delicate watercolours depict minimal landscapes, while anthotype prints made from plant materials will change over time when exposed to light.
The labels on the boxes mimic real-world packaging but highlight the conflict between their contents and the limitations of human control over nature. The plants reinforce themes of environmental change and the tension between industrial systems and the natural world.
My work explores the relationship between natural materials and systems of control, focusing on themes of fragility, environmental change, and preservation. I create across various mediums including installation, watercolour, anthotype, and photography, combining different processes to establish connections between organic and industrial elements.
I am particularly interested in materials that respond to time and environmental conditions. My anthotype engage plant-based pigments that fade when exposed to light, allowing the work to undergo physical changes over time. My watercolour paintings emphasise minimal, atmospheric landscapes, utilising soft washes and subtle colours to suggest delicate and unstable environments. Photography is employed in my practice to document processes, capture nature and explore ideas of transformation and impermanence.
Through installation, I bring these elements together within a space, considering how materials are presented, contained, and experienced. My work reflects on how natural materials are managed, transported and affected by external conditions, highlighting the tension between human systems of control and the unpredictability of the natural world.
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