River Holme Washpit

Edgelands: celebrating the unofficial nature reserve

“River Holme, Washpit”

2016 • Textile Mixed Media • 34×39 cm

The Holme Valley’s textile heritage has left it rich in industrial dereliction, un-noticed places transformed by wild things to create a patchwork of accidental nature reserves, reclaimed by nature these no-man’s lands are vital refuges for wildlife, my work celebrates nature’s power to reclaim the wasteland.