Earth Notes brings together years of walking, gathering, and material research into a single, tactile publication that traces my evolving relationship with earth and place. Originating during my MFA as an exploration of clay, place, and material memory, the project has since expanded through sustained fieldwork undertaken during my Freelands Foundation Studio Fellowship, moving across coastlines, landscapes, and sites of erosion, extraction, and quiet encounter. The book acts as a living archive of these journeys, assembling photographs, material observations, and field notes that register shifts in colour, texture, weight, and behaviour as earth is compressed, weathered, and returned. Central to the project is an ongoing investigation into working with localised materials and traditional earth-building methods as sustainable alternatives to extractive and energy-intensive ceramic processes, bringing multiple sites, practices, and ways of knowing into a slow, embodied record of making with care.
Earth Notes brings together years of walking, gathering, and material research into a single, tactile publication that traces my evolving relationship with earth and place. Originating during my MFA as an exploration of clay, place, and material memory, the project has since expanded through sustained fieldwork undertaken during my Freelands Foundation Studio Fellowship, moving across coastlines, landscapes, and sites of erosion, extraction, and quiet encounter. The book acts as a living archive of these journeys, assembling photographs, material observations, and field notes that register shifts in colour, texture, weight, and behaviour as earth is compressed, weathered, and returned. Central to the project is an ongoing investigation into working with localised materials and traditional earth-building methods as sustainable alternatives to extractive and energy-intensive ceramic processes, bringing multiple sites, practices, and ways of knowing into a slow, embodied record of making with care.