Ghosts of memories undone
I'd been wanting to try and find a way to use more sustainable materials in my work, so I experimented with making my own inks from natural materials that are readily available in the surrounding habitat. These pieces come together using imagery from walks in the landscape and materials made from that very same environment.
The oak galls were gathered on the Beara Peninsula whilst I was doing a residency in 2022 and then made into an ink almost a year later.
The corn marigolds were gathered from a neighbours garden and made into an ink.
Both these inks have been mixed with a copper ink and a rust ink that I've had on the go for about 2 years.
Like memories, the colours of these inks may change with time - this is the nature of natural inks and memory.
Photography collage, quink ink, oak gall ink, corn marigold ink on watercolour paper.
