Ellen Connor 

This project focuses on the natural world, using a variety of media to explore processes of continual change and growth. I have gathered materials from my surrounding environment, such as moss, leaves and cuttings, and created highly detailed drawings of these materials in an almost scientific manner. I am interested in creating ambiguity and disrupting recognition by using only black and white in my drawings. Rather than documenting my drawings in a gallery space, I have installed them in an outdoor setting, which is where many of my materials were sourced. In sculptural installations such as Bath, I have created the suggestion that the natural world has somehow invaded the interior of a domestic space. The stark white of the bathtub is clinical and cold, ordinary and yet slightly alienating, contrasting with the soft organic matter of the dark green moss.