During a residency at the Grantham Foundation for Arts and Environment, the artist found the remains of a castrated Persian Hogweed with its flowers removed on the site. To preserve its memory, the plant was cast in plaster, with fine details that almost bring the plant back to life.
Plaster relief, an ancient practice often used to tell stories of historical events or legends, is similarly employed here, but to tell a story filled with many gaps. Arranged to suggest the whole plant, the spaces between each section represent the impossibility of reconciling the fragments of loss that accompany the migratory experience.
