Seeds

Seed represents the nucleus of life — of thought, of growth, of creativity.

In this collection I wanted to hold the essence of the seed: its quiet potential, its movement through wind, its role in natural planting and regeneration. The seeds and seed heads are presented without manipulation, colouring or alteration. They remain as found.

Small 7 x 7 cm canvases carry the seeds on their reverse side — the underside standing in for soil, the place of germination. Positioned where growth begins, the life force sits unseen but present.

Larger 1m square works hold cardoon seeds arranged in varying configurations, expanding the scale while retaining restraint.

If the Ash works speak of residue and return, Seed speaks of origin and emergence. Together they hold a cycle — burning and planting, ending and beginning.

Seed was first exhibited in August–September 2017 and is currently installed at Orchard View and Hazel Copse Cottages as part of the ongoing Living with Art project.

To experience this collection within the landscape that informed it, bookings can be made through:

Hazel Copse Cottage:
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/6125848?

Orchard View Cottage:
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/13545647

 

Cardoon

Deconstructed seed head on 1m x 1m canvas-covered board

A single cardoon seed head carefully deconstructed and repositioned across a 1 metre square surface.

The work enlarges what is ordinarily held in the hand, allowing the architecture of the seed to unfold at scale. Fragile filaments and structural form become visible, each element retaining its natural state.

The canvas functions as ground — a quiet field against which the seed’s internal geometry is revealed.

‘Cardoon 2’ seed on 1m x 1m canvas covered board

‘Cardoon 3’ 9 cardoon seed heads on 1m x 1m canvas covered board

‘Cardoon 3’ 3 cardoon seed heads on 1m x 1m canvas covered boar4

‘Cardoon 5’ empty cardoon seed heads on 1m x 1m canvas covered board

 

Below is the Wild Meadow Seed Collection — various configurations of gathered seed heads placed on the reverse of 7 x 7 cm canvases, then arranged on larger canvases and pieces of farm wood.

Each grouping explores placement, spacing and quiet tension

Unaltered and uncoloured, the seed remains as found: a small, complete system of potential.