These anthotypes photograms are made to document the photosensitive properties of native plants on the Ards Peninsula. Anthotype refers to a photographic process that uses photosensitive extracts from plants and UV exposure from the sun to create prints. I have made photosensitive emulsions from plants that I foraged on the land where I live, and I applied the emulsions on cotton rag paper. I also pressed cuttings of the plants, enabling me to create anthotype prints of the plant that was used to make the emulsion. For example, the anthotype print of clover was made with clover emulsion.

These prints are part of an ongoing project by the artist to create a kind of photographic herbarium documenting local plant life.

This series was on display as part of a solo exhibition at the Ards Art Centre in September 2023.