In the Evolution of the Pod series, my primary focus was to explore the dynamic interplay between ink and watercolour, utilising their contrasting qualities to reflect the organic and transformative nature of the pod motif. Working on handmade paper, I used the lightly textured, absorbent surface as an integral part of the visual experience, allowing the medium’s natural behaviours to influence the final outcome.

With my latest painting project the ‘Evolution of the Pod’ I have been experimenting with cut up writing techniques to add a written narrative  (see below for a potted history of the technique ). I made a list of botanical words and phrases including adjectives, verbs and the odd random phrase. I mixed them up and picked from a hat spreading them out into lines of 3 to 6 words. These are some examples that I have used. Some ‘poems’ worked without a random change of word some didn’t.