This is an A4 print on cotton rag paper, printed in Dublin, Ireland. Editioned, signed and numbered 1-100. This image is also available in A3.
The idea behind this print is transformation of the self while giving back to nature. The earth nurtures the figure in the image through the roots extending from her feet. She is able to sufficiently grow flowers from her body because of this connection. She mourns for all the bees who have died from hunger before they found her. And yet she is happy to share her body with the bees, just as she is nurtured by the earth.
While this image is an illustration is a narrative about nurturing, transformation and change, we can’t literally grow flowers from our bodies. However, I am interested in how we can each transform our lives, or how society can better adapt to the biodiversity and climate crisis.
“ “Weep! Weep!” calls a toad from the water’s edge. And I do. If grief can be a doorway to love, then let us all weep for the world we are breaking apart so we can love it back to wholeness again.”
Quote from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer