Inspired by dead forests and winter.

This piece presents an overview of decay which is a crucial part of the natural world. The idea of the approaching winter in a forest of dead trees where the colours are monochrome, shapes and forms create patterns and decaying leaves blow in the wind. Forests are often approached from fields where there are snatches of colour. The opening line from a poem written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Tithomus, describes the scene.

Old linen sheeting coloured and printed with earth pigments, words written with a cola pen and printing ink, hand and machine stitched. Leaves printed on silk organza with fabric paint attached to dyed silk organza with misty fuse and appliquéd.