Zoe Powell

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Throwback .:. Homegrown part 3 .:. .:. A series of video studies aiming to look at how some of my home grown produce changes appearances in texture and form when moving from grey to vibrant tones .:. This is probably the most abundant garden crop for us. I found the bark of the red current bush absolutely fascinating as it’s also a rich golden red, but peels off naturally and has the thickness of tissue paper.

Throwback .:. Homegrown part 2 .:. .:. A series of video studies aiming to look at how some of my home grown produce changes appearances in texture and form when moving from grey to vibrant tones .:. We wished we’d planted less wrinkly potatoes in the pot as we suspect planting too many dwarfed this lot .:. A good gardening note for this year .:. We also add to our giant dalek compost bins right throughout the year

Throwback .:. Homegrown part 1 .:. .:. A series of video studies aiming to look at how some of my home grown produce changes appearances in texture and form when moving from grey to vibrant tones .:. I especially like the vein structure in these berries. Sour when green but delicious when they go a little longer and turn a deep rosy pink.

One of this years’ plans is to bring more colour into my work/my world. I visited the Oslo architecture Triennial in 2019 and was impressed with a project that created plates from onionskins. They were beautifully placed in a table setting complete with the menu, intended to ask the viewer “what’s in your soup?”.
Of course I had to try and recreate it in my own way. I chose only to use red onionskins (post natural dye usage) to created this material, which are connected by a bioplastic made predominantly from an expired gelatine sachet.
The colours are still incredibly vivid and the detailed membrane texture of the onionskins are a thing of wonder. Looking forward to getting my mini microscope on it!