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Tonight at 6:30pm BST I’ll be giving a short talk about my practice and my time participating in a @londonaltphoto Sustainable Darkroom residency last month. (Link to the talk is in my bio.) @williamlawrencearnold and @hazelldavies are also talking and the event will be chaired by @hfletch who led the ‘Rework’ residency. . ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This work was part of a group show I did @falmouthuni and was entitled: ‘1850 and 2019. The seduction of Victorian plant collecting reimagined’. It was made during my time spent in the Oxford University Herbaria exploring its archives and later my research into women in botany for my final uni project. Where I displayed my handmade book in the Herbaria, arranged tours and gave a talk (all available on my website). . 1) My response to a Victorian souvenir I’d seen in the Oxford University Herbaria (images 5-9) which I recreated to the exact measurements and scale of the original, collecting leaves with my Mum from my childhood garden. I mounted two of each specimen showing the front and back as with botanic illustration. (My plant pressing has improved since!) 2) Map of Oxfordshire. 3) Botanist Samuel Curtis (1779-1860) who lived in Chateaux La Chaire, Jersey and taught visitors how to make these souvenirs. 4) Map of Channel Islands. 5) Cover of the souvenir. 6) Inside the 'Seaweeds of Jersey' souvenir* from circa 1850. Most likely collected and mounted by a woman. 7+8) The intricate folding and ribbon. 9) The bottom of the souvenir which faintly reads: ALG.E BRIGHT ORDER! By cryptogamists defended, — Translate Marine Plants as Linnaeus intended’. You collect and admire us, We amuse leisure hours, “then call us not weeds we are oceans gay flowers.” — Curtis 10) About cryptogams. (Plants (in the wide sense of the word) that reproduce by spores, without flowers or seeds. "Cryptogamae" (Greek κρυπτός kryptos, "hidden" + γαμέω, gameein, "to marry") means "hidden reproduction", referring to the fact that no seed is produced, thus cryptogams represent the non-seed bearing plants.) . (*Shared with kind permission from the Oxford University Herbaria @oxfordplants) . #cryptogam #seaweed #algae #womeninbotany #sustainabledarkroom #botany

Fascinating and thought provoking talks from Dr Jill Stuart (LSE) and Paul Hill (Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society) discussing whether there are other life forms in the universe, SETI and METI systems, whether we should be transmitting messages and what they should be. Paul talked about the history of the Moon, the tides on Earth, tidal locking, and shared a live stream of the Moon through his telescope! 🌙✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A massive thanks to @_super_collider @melaniekatking @louise.beer for making this happen! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (Swipe for more images and info about these talks. 👉🏻) . . . #moon #earth #superscience #tides #tidallocking #seti #meti #astronomy #telescopes #supercollider #universe #space #time #contact #et #politics #ethics #lse

So many photographers and artists are generously selling their work as part of the @artistsupportpledge initiated by @matthewburrowsstudio. Some are also fundraising for charity. @williamlawrencearnold kindly auctioned his beautiful print to raise funds for @doctorswithoutborders (which I won!) You can join in by searching for #artistsupportpledge as well as checking out @__trace_ by @sianbonnell where funds are being raised for @crisis_uk and @refugecharity ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here are the prints I’ve bought so far: 1. @chrystel_lebas - Hidden nature, Untitled nº5, 2007. 2. @williamlawrencearnold - Original silver-gelatin print of Salix cinerea (Grey Willow) from @suburbanherbarium. 3. @melaniekatking - Ancient Light. Atina Star Trails. 4. @edmund_clark - Rose from series My Shadow’s Reflection 2017. 5. @fleurolby - The Phormium 2001. 6. @robinfriendstudio - Birch & Steel, Bastard Countryside. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve followed the work of these talented photographers/artists for a long time, so it’s nice that some good can happen despite these dark times. 🖤