Broken Wing is created on a naturally shed fragment from a 200-year-old Crimean Pine at Tyntesfield, Bristol. In my bark series, I often begin with a tangible form or shape that reveals itself within the fragment, allowing the natural silhouette to guide the creative process. Here, form I found is a broken wing waited to be found and preserved and treasured.
The hand-painted blue lines follow the bark’s natural contours, capturing a moment of quiet movement, a grounding moment, finding calm and stillness. Gold leaf traces the edges like a whisper of light, reinforcing both the fragility and resilience of the material.
Working with bark allowed me to reconnect with physical texture, steady repetition, and the grounding rhythm of hand-painted detail. Creating Broken Wing woking with natural material on this new series became part of my own healing — a space where both my mind and body could find calm.
Broken Wing honours the gentle forces that move through us, reshape us, and remind us to breathe again.
If life has been chaotic lately or too loud and you’re craving more calm, lightness and joy, this piece is for you.
Broken Wing is created on a naturally shed fragment from a 200-year-old Crimean Pine at Tyntesfield, Bristol. In my bark series, I often begin with a tangible form or shape that reveals itself within the fragment, allowing the natural silhouette to guide the creative process. Here, form I found is a broken wing waited to be found and preserved and treasured.
The hand-painted blue lines follow the bark’s natural contours, capturing a moment of quiet movement, a grounding moment, finding calm and stillness. Gold leaf traces the edges like a whisper of light, reinforcing both the fragility and resilience of the material.
Working with bark allowed me to reconnect with physical texture, steady repetition, and the grounding rhythm of hand-painted detail. Creating Broken Wing woking with natural material on this new series became part of my own healing — a space where both my mind and body could find calm.
Broken Wing honours the gentle forces that move through us, reshape us, and remind us to breathe again.
If life has been chaotic lately or too loud and you’re craving more calm, lightness and joy, this piece is for you.