Having lived by the countryside for my entire life, Manchester is a stark contrast, coming from green fields and trees, to a concrete jungle. The plants and flowers are what I miss most about home, so much so that I'd like to 'bring' a garden to Manchester. I'd like to explore what a city garden could be like, I know that they do exist, but they are far and few between. I'd also like to explore bringing the outside inside, creating a garden inside the studio perhaps. For me a garden is a place to escape to on a sunny day, to be surrounded by bright flowers and vibrant green leaves, it's generally a place of relaxation, which I think sometimes is needed within the studio. Sometimes it gets tiring looking at grey buildings and grey skys in Manchester, an injection of colour is what's needed, which I think could be achieved by bringing a garden to Manchester.
Colour plays a big part in why I'm so inspired by gardens and nature, there's so much colour to play with and mix, especially when looking at colour through the seasons, from the firey autumnal colours, the dark winter colours, the vibrant, hot summer colours, and with spring more delicate, flashes of yellow daffodils and green shoots, after a dull winter.
The growth of a plant can be fascinating, to look at the roots, and how they wind through the ground, and sprout through the soil, looking at the textures being created, the soft petels against the gravelly soil and the odd hard rock inbetween. Even looking at the more scientific aspect, through plant anatomy, looking at the structure and development of flowering plants.
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