My current body of work is concerned with the effects of Ash die back and the subsequent decimation of trees around her Leicestershire village. Drawings in watercolour depict trees past and present.

Paper sculptures explore cross sections of felled trees which lie around the perimeters of the village like elephant graveyards. The ravages of the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus are illustrated by the use of applied rusts.

Ash dieback will kill up to 80% of ash trees across the UK

 

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