My ongoing work with British weather began as an undergraduate at
Central St Martins. A tutor suggested I look at the work of Roman
Signer (I was working in a different territory). Whilst reading a book
about Roman Signer’s work I discovered Rain Calender (1972) - thus
began my passion with weather and climate.
My work in this series is, as cited before, a constant in my practice. As
well as daily record keeping and observations I have worked with the
public perception of daily weather.
MACRO TO MICRO
Macro to Micro is a series of work recording the weather during the a moon phase from a Super Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse on 21 January 2019 to a Micro New Moon on 4 February through to another Super Full Moon on 19 February. The Micro New Moon was the end of one recording and second stage began on the 5 February through to 19 February.
The resolved work are two direct charcoal recordings Macro - Micro 220119-040219 and Micro -
Macro 050219-190219.
The second work in this series is Super—Micro—Super Moon 220119—190219 interprets the capture on the first and last day of each set of recordings. The work is made from 3mm Paper tatami on Japanese paper
MARCH 2019
Rain for this work was collected daily during March 2009. The colour is achieved through the use of food dye. If rain fell the colour was diluted.
The work has been left to mature for ten years repositioned and captured in March 2019.
WINTER SOLSICE TO WASSAIL EVE
Rain for this work was collected daily during March 2009. The colour is achieved through the use of food dye. If rain fell the colour was diluted.
The work has been left to mature for ten years repositioned and captured in March 2019.
DAILY WEATHER REFLECTIONS 2010 to 2018
Part of my ongoing research is to record my personal response to the daily weather. These thoughts are presented in a series of nine framed works. The small point size allows the viewer to be drawn into the work.
LUNAR EVENTS AND AIR PRESSURE
During the second half of 2018 I began a new body of work that looks at unusual lunar events
and the effect of them on my local weather. The 24hour period of the event is recorded in
whitecoal on black card.
To give these drawings additional context the air pressure for the
period are recorded as an embroidery.
RECORDING THE JET STREAM
This is an ongoing work that uses the daily Jet Stream position over the British Isles.
The daily records are grouped into lunar cycles.
EQUINOX TO SOLSTICE
A series of work capturing the daily weather in my Sussex garden from
the Spring Equinox (20 March) to the Summer Solstice (20 June) 2018
KEEPING COSY. THE COSY WORLD OF TEA
The work was a response to how ‘global warming’ could well make the British Isles
colder. This is a series of large tea cosies knitted from vintage patterns. The work
was made for the exhibition Infusion held at the Tea Gallery, London.
HOLIDAY WEATHER
This work was made for the exhibition A Grand Day Out at the Crypt
Gallery, St. Pancras. The hand embroidered deckchairs show the
summer sunshine and rain records 1945 to 1951.
Rainfall is embroidered in greys whilst the sunshine hours use bright
colours.
IS IT RAINING TODAY?
Is it raining today? uses the daily rainfall from the Summer Solstice 2013 to the
Winter Solstice 2014. The rain was recorded, filtered, bagged and dated. The rainfall
was hung as a calendar with a rod for each month. Days without rain have an empty
space. The chains and pebbles used for support reflect a way that is sometimes used
in house building to draw the rain into the drainage system.
A table and chair was part of the installation to allow viewers to describe the weather
on the day of their visit.
EQUINOX 2014 TIMELAPSE
The Spring Equinox 2014 is captured by time lapse photography as the day passes over my Sussex garden.
SUSSEX STORM
Recording the storm captures an Autumnal storm as it passed over Sussex. Its 24
hour passage is marked on two sequential 12 hour records.
