SKIN : SKÓRA

In 2025, I began I want to be a tree, a project funded by Creative Scotland. I foraged bark and leaves around Juniper Green and the Pentland Hills, shredding and transforming them into new skin-like materials. The work moved outside: I’ve made work and studied trees as an artist by filming the forest in the Water of Leith, up in the Pentlands. The trees changed how my hands moved and I set up an experimental paper-making studio in my garden.

My paper-making practice is a new radical language rooted in ancestral processes: responsibly transforming trees into powder, pigment or pulp.

Paper is no longer a surface, it is a world and a body.

A piece of paper with a smiley face and a swirl, created by scattering cocoa powder or cinnamon on a white surface to form the design.
Sepia-toned, abstract spiral pattern on textured paper, with scattered dots around it.
Coffee-spilled pattern on white paper with a design resembling a face or a figure.
The word 'love' spelled out with coffee or tea stains on a white piece of paper.
Number 2023 written on a textured, creme-colored paper with a spray-paint-like effect in brown
Powdered cocoa or cinnamon sprinkled on a flat surface in a random, abstract pattern.
Abstract portrait of a face created using brown textured material on white paper.
Sand art depicting a dog with a ball in its mouth, surrounded by paw prints.
Abstract brown ink splatters on white textured paper
A sheet of paper with a layered, artistic design made from cocoa powder and possibly other spices to resemble a butterfly and floral patterns.
The word "SKIN" written with brown powder on a white textured paper.
The words "Beefy" and "Body" are written on a piece of white paper using a brownish powder, possibly cocoa or cinnamon. The words are written in a casual, freehand style.
A butterfly shape is created by sprinkling brown powder on white paper.
Coffee or cocoa powder on a surface arranged to form a portrait of a person with glasses, curly hair, and a broad smile.
A cup of coffee with a latte art heart in the foam, surrounded by coffee beans.
Sand art depicting a woman's face, surrounded by flowers, made on a textured white surface.
A sepia-toned sketch of two women with long hair, viewed from the shoulders up, with a dotted and circular background pattern.
A photograph of a textured paper with brown watercolor or ink abstract patterns, resembling a stylized face or human portrait with a prominent nose and eyes.
Microscopic view of neurons with brown-stained cell bodies and connecting dendrites and axons, on a beige background.
Sand art of a dog sitting inside a circular outline, with an arrow pointing to the left, on a white background.
Text written with cocoa powder on white paper reads 'SKIN' with some part of word unclear.
Bark art depicting a smiling face with a bun hairstyle, drawn using brown sand on a light background.