Work Case Studies
Case Studies
A more in depth look at a variety of projects. This Section might be of interest to you if you would like some more background information on my work and working methods. You'll find a selection of projects described and illustrated here. Some of the case studies will provide you with links to more detailed documents and websites of interest where this makes sense.
‘take a cup o' kindness’
In december 2016 I made a small bookwork for the Edinburgh Printmakers winter exhibition Time Is All Around. This show was the result of a collaboration between St Columba’s Hospice and Edinburgh Printmakers. When faced with a brief that suggested I create work on the theme of...
100 Flowers
The new NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) New South Glasgow Hospitals (NSGH) were built with a fully integrated art strategy. This modern hospital complex is a sight to behold. It’s enormous. Ginkgo managed several projects for the site that aimed to enhance the environment for patients and relatives. I contributed...
Dignified Spaces
The new NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s (NHSGGC) New South Glasgow Hospitals (NSGH) were built with a fully integrated art strategy. Art and Design consultancy Ginkgo managed several projects for the site that aimed...
New Town Weeds
This work was developed for a festival show at Gallery TEN in Edinburgh. The series was a response to Edinburgh’s New Town architecture, particularly the ornamental column capitals, cornicing and ceiling roses that are often a feature of these buildings’ interiors.
Referencing the orderliness and motifs that characterize...
Reflective Histories
In March 2012 I was one of seven artists selected for a commission that was to focus on Traquair House, a historic building in the Scottish Borders. A partnership project between Traquair House and Edinburgh Printmakers, it was funded in part by ‘Year of Creative Scotland’ investment in 2012. The project aimed to foster the production...
Fugitive
I began this work in 2009 after approaching staff at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) to find out if I could access the plant material that is removed from the Garden in the course of its everyday business. Over the course of a year I made regular trips to the plant waste holding...