MicroSeasons

Installed for the 2024 Langdyke Countryside Trust Annual Meeting, which included an expert panel discussion on climate change, my MicroSeasons artwork explores small-scale seasonal change.

The fabric was dyed using plants that grow on Langdyke's nature reserves, using ecoprinting and natural dyeing to coax the colour from the leaves and flowers.

Started in early spring, and still on-going, each piece captures a tiny shift in the seasons - a hyper-local microseason - and a memory of that day...

Swaddywell hedgerows white with blackthorn
first leaves unfurl on Elm Avenue
nettles shoot up along the path at High Meadow
green alkanet flowers, vivid blue
hawthorn blooms on Green Lane
last of the cow-parsley
Etton-Maxey ox-eye daisies dance white and gold
the bank becomes a purple haze of grass flowers
oak leaves shift bronze to green in North Wood
wildflowers jewel the meadow
the first St John's wort opening by the cabin...



Only very small quantities of leaves and flowers were gathered. And in preference to fossil fuel, I mainly used time*.

Hung on the nature reserve where the meeting took place, this is an ongoing project about local micro-seasons and impacts of climate change, and part of my work as one of Langdyke's Artists in Residence.

To learn more about how Sarah Lambert and I have been using experimental natural dyeing techniques, join us for a full day workshop on Friday 27th September 2024 (booking essential).