Made from birch woodcut and halved by hand. Birchwood represents time within the past, present and future. Birch trees are known as a colonising species that will grow in rough weak soil and will oxygenate the soil to allow other species to grow, therefore, birch often grows in urban wastelands and railway sidings. They were once one of the first tree’s to colonise Europe after the last ice age and create a forest and they would likely be the first trees to grow in the remains of a city in the future post-human age. The process and refining of the wood create a personal relationship to the object. Contemplating the concept of a home, the two sides become shelves that represent ourselves through the trace of objects that may once have adorned the space evoking a past relationship that captures the meaning of birch, the location and ourselves.

[Artist in Residence] Kulturbahnhof, Klein Warnow, Germany (2019 June)