About Marion
Hello and welcome! I am a mixed media artist whose practice centres on collage, constructed surfaces and sculptural forms.
My work explores fragility, repair, impermanence and the structures that hold, connect and contain us. Drawing from forms, systems and processes found in nature – webs, nests, tangles, woven fibres, growth patterns and erosion – I create work that examines the tension between rupture and restoration, containment and release, order and disintegration.
Material is central to my practice. Using botanical inks made from foraged and garden-grown plants, alongside reclaimed paper and sustainable natural materials, I work through processes of mark-making, tearing, dyeing, stitching, weaving, layering and reconstruction. These acts of transformation reflect an ongoing commitment to sustainability and mindful collaboration with the changing nature of the materials themselves.
Paper remains at the heart of the work: fragile yet resilient, temporary yet capable of holding trace, memory and repair. Increasingly, my practice is extending into experimental sculptural forms using plant-based pulp, fibres and gathered materials, exploring vessel-like structures, containment and the material intelligence of organic matter.
Working at an intimate scale allows for close attention – to touch, repetition, tension and the quiet labour of repair. Through this exploratory, material-led practice, the work invites reflection on vulnerability, resilience and the impermanent nature of both natural and human-made structures.
Please note that the works in my website shop reflect earlier strands of my practice. Current portfolio work includes newer exploratory and experimental directions, with selected pieces becoming available there over time.
Portfolio
The portfolio below brings together current and recent work across collage, constructed surfaces, woven structures and sculpture. While varied in form, the work is connected through recurring themes of fragility, repair, containment and the material patterns of the natural world.
Various papers, scrim, thread, onion skin ink, nettle ink, turmeric dye and dried nettle pulp
Various papers including recycled, nettle ink, thread
Various papers, cotton twine, nettle ink, magnolia ink
Various papers including recycled teabags and book page fragments, reclaimed fabrics, dried banana skin, thread, twine, magnolia ink, turmeric dye
Various papers including reclaimed packaging and foil, hand printed paper, coffee ink, graphite, thread
Various papers dyed with walnut, nettle, mushroom and rooibos, reclaimed packaging, tissue paper, ink, on washi paper
Various papers including artist teabag paper, recycled teabags, reclaimed packaging, handpainted papers, coffee ink, rooibos dye, book page fragments, thread
Various papers including recycled and hand painted, coffee ink, book page fragment, graphite
Various papers including hand printed and recycled, watercolour, graphite
Random weave with jute on reclaimed corrugated cardboard
Mixed weave with jute, reclaimed gift wrap and lichen
Random weave with jute, cotton and banana skin thread on reclaimed corrugated cardboard
Sculpture: Paper dyed with bay leaves, copper wire
Sculpture: Dandelion petals, thread
Vessel: Spring greens, bamboo tissue paper
Vessel: Paper dyed with nettle ink, thread
Sculpture: Leek leaves
Vessel: Dandelion leaves, tissue paper
Sculpture: Paper dyed with avocado, thread
Vessel: Leek leaves
