Written summary about the project you want to create at Riad Jardin Secret with the description of the techniques and the artistic purpose.
Botanical sculpture, garden sketchbook studies, workshop series, photography collaboration and book content.
I am a garden and floral designer by day. I consistently examine and expose the intersection of horticulture, art and architecture. I celebrate the preexisting conditions and introduce new living materials into spaces. I seek to work outside of the realm of my usual client requirements, budget and timeline. I desire to slow down and explore more deeply my relationship with both living and dried botanical materials and how they occupy space.
During my artist’s residency at Riad Jardin Secret, I aim to explore sculpturual techniques through the use of botanical media. The product may come in the form of wall relief, suspended installation or textile. My work is site specific. A major part of my artistic process is based on the understanding of spatial relations and how to fill that existing void with content, expression and form. I respond to the space I occupy and will do the same at Riad Jardin Secret. Collecting materials is also an integral part of my process. This will lead to expeditions into the Moroccan landscape and various markets to gather interesting and pertinent materials for the final piece. The process of collection is essential as a tool of discovery that guides the overarching narrative of the work, with each item within the collection carrying its own story. Careful and thoughtful assemblage of these items will unfold into a new creation with an entirely new story. Botanical forms, ephemeral by nature, will be suspended in time through this piece. The product with be laced with the essence of Morocco and remixed with my own personal narrative.
In addition to the botanical sculpture, I intend to spend time studying and sketching the beautiful garden vignettes throughout the riad. I would also offer my time to your riad guests for a botanical/floral arranging workshop during my stay.
In conclusion, I will donate my sculpture and drawings to Riad Jardin Secret, as a means of gratitude upon my leaving.