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Timewalking with Naturalist Kitsch

Making soft sculptures to reimagine the ethical framework of naturalist collections A key idea of the Anthropocene Naturalist project is how to reinvent the extractive and colonialist practices of the naturalist tradition, while capturing its curiosity, attention to detail and connection to the more-than human. Collections have always been a part of the western scientificContinue reading “Timewalking with Naturalist Kitsch”

Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub

My first spool scroll as an artist book prototype As I enter my third year of writing my second book using foraged and hand crafted inks and collages, I am starting to experiment with different styles of drawing again. This time using old pencils, pen and paper. I am still adamant about my interrogation ofContinue reading “Eastern Suburbs Banksia Scrub”

Curriculum Vitae

Nature Comics 2025 South Australia’s Algal Bloom published in Overland digital 2024 Graphic Ecology a comic book about drawing plants and animals, authored with Dr Caitlyn Forster Trapdoor Spiders: Unlikely Heroes in a Heated World authored with Dr Leanda Mason and published by Mulberry Literary 2023 Austral Ecology comics, published by Wileys and the EcologicalContinue reading “Curriculum Vitae”

How I made my eagle comic

The eagle comic tells a story that I thought of when a white bellied sea eagle followed me up the river in Ku ring gai national park. This is how I made it. I made a rough eagle out of some hessian left over from an art somewhere, an old t-shirt of my dad’s andContinue reading “How I made my eagle comic”

The food forest: A bridge between agriculture and conservation

The volcanic mountains of East Java have a diverse range of ecosystems and cultures. Outside the city of Malang, lies the Bromo-Semuru National Park which is managed by local villagers and the Indonesian Ministry of Environment. The National Park hosts an extraordinary range of life. The high altitude and volcanic activity creates both a coolContinue reading “The food forest: A bridge between agriculture and conservation”

Active hope in a Plastic Era

This is a piece I wrote in 2017 when I was writing up my Masters Research in marine debris When I say “I’m doing my dissertation in marine debris – I study the plastic in the ocean” a pretty common response is “Why don’t you give up? There’s no point trying to fix something thatContinue reading “Active hope in a Plastic Era”