Ongoing project. Series of sculptures: photograph on aluminium, metal structure, 2023.

Developed during my residency at AHH Studio Collective in Malton, “Temporary surface” considers our relationship to the earth’s surface and our impact on it, particularly in the context of climate change. For this piece I have used the photographic process cyanotype and the land itself to make its own mark on old local maps coated with chemicals sensitive to sunlight. Details of the resulting images are then blown up and displayed as temporary road signs. Reflecting on the processes that shape and affect landforms, particularly with regards to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, this work asks us to view our surroundings in the wider scale of time, and consider how the land around us has changed and will change in our own lifetime, but also in the millions of years before and after us. 

Currently on show at Dalby Forest as part of the Malton Sculpture Trail.