Sin Mui Chong-Martin

My association with plant culture holds a notion of enquiry into plant and human culture. I adopt an element of role play from an anthropological approach to that of botanical reference. This exercise engages me with the process of looking, selecting, collecting and recording. My practice is informed by the abundance of diversed plantforms in our environment. I translate these subjects as I see it and aim to capture their freshness. It usually means trying to keep in time with growth and decomposition. It is an attempt to interpret and illuminate life. Whilst working with plants I am very aware of my connection with them as living systems renewing and recycling, perpetually changing - a process which is implicit in the reality and the beauty of their structure and pattern. The samples are translated into 'specimens' like drawings, which are achieved through many layers of colouring on paper with colour pencils. Some of the drawings are hand cut and presented as preserved objects in boxed frames or for installation. My work endeavours to be an inquiry into nature and its creativity, intending to trace the transitional stage and functions to record these junctures. My studies aim to reflect aspects of the human practice and desire...

Northbrook College Sussex,UK
BA Fine Arts painting/drawing,