“Another World” grew out of a long, deliberate engagement with time, decay, and the quiet transformations that occur when materials are left to their own rhythms. The elements that form this photographic image began their journey more than two years ago, when metal fragments salvaged from an old oyster yawl were submerged in brine.
What unfolded was not destruction but metamorphosis. As the metals dissolved and oxidised, they gradually shed their former identities — their function, their maritime history — and evolved into something unfamiliar and otherworldly. The brine acted as both catalyst and collaborator, coaxing out colours, textures, and forms that could never have been predicted or controlled.
This extended period of submersion allowed the materials to move beyond their previous existence, generating surfaces that evoke landscapes from another realm. The process became a quiet partnership between intention and entropy: I could only set the conditions and wait, allowing natural forces to work their slow alchemy.
- the artist