[Your] Places Held
Commissions
Wildfire on Walthamstow Marshes III, 2026. Cyanotype (toned with reeds) printed on second-hand wallpaper and mounted on fly-tipped wood.
[Your] Places Held is a series of commissioned cyanotypes made in response to a place you have come to know deeply. An overgrown corner of a childhood garden, an abandoned car park of wild poppies, a tree pit, or a landscape that holds memory or meaning.
I'd like to invite you to make a work with me, beginning with a photograph of a place that matters to you and the stories it holds. Together, we will time travel with this land, honouring its layered narratives. Perhaps it is a place no longer recognisable or no longer there. This could be an act of celebration, or a recognition of your relationship to this land.
Using your photograph, I’ll create an original cyanotype toned with a botanical that we choose together, connected to the landscape or the stories it carries. Two of my favourites are hawthorn, associated with spring and boundaries, and rosemary, associated with remembrance. The botanical toning shifts the traditional cyanotype blue into earthy tones.
The finished work will hold something of the landscape and your memories, offering a way to keep that relationship present, even as the landscape itself changes.
If there's a place you have in mind, or you'd simply like to know more about the process, I'd love to hear from you.
Botanical Toning
Wildfire on Walthamstow Marshes II, before and after botanical toning with common reeds.
Commission details
Commissions start at £300, with larger works available.
If you'd like to know more about the process, sizes and pricing, please get in touch.