The Memory of Ice, is a developing series which is still in the early stages of research and creation.
In January 2023, I started to establish the foundations of this new body of work by documenting ice via a 200-year-old method of camera-less photography. This cyanotype process is an uncontrolled form of printmaking which is surrender to chemical reactions, UV light, time, and the unpredictable elements of nature. I chose this form of print-making as the process poetically parallels thematics of global warming.
I am considering incorporating a digital workflow into the series via weaving line segments into the compositions, symbolically reflective of ice core research.
By fusing a 200-year-old process with a modern, digital workflow, it has led me to explore theories of a technological equilibrium which may be required in our approach to achieving a sustainable future.
The images below are ‘works in progress’ and photographs of myself in the field, developing my unique process.
