Étude de textures

Étude de textures is a photography collection documenting the patterns, surfaces, and textures found in both natural and urban environments. Bark, fossils, lichen, plants, mineral formations, rust, corrosion, patina, chipped concrete, and burnt wood are photographed up close, stripped of their context until they become something closer to abstraction. The series is driven by a fascination with decay and transformation, and by the intriguing way similar patterns appear across wildly different materials. More than a standalone collection, Étude de textures is the beginning of an ongoing visual research practice. The archive of patterns and surfaces gathered here directly informs my work in fibres, serving as a reference point for translating what I find in my surroundings into paper, textile, concrete, wood and metal form.