Precious Metals:
The Cosmic Origin of Silver and Palladium

Arts Council England, Project Grant, 2021-2022
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"Precious Metals:
The Cosmic Origin of Silver and Palladium is a project researching the materiality of silver and palladium, from the production of silver and palladium within the cosmos, extraction from Earth and its uses within our society. This project focuses on their use in photography, suggesting methods of using the material that is less harmful to the environment. One part of the project will be looking into creating becquerel daguerreotypes using reclaimed silver from fixative. This ongoing project currently consists of daguerreotypes, platinum-palladium prints and jewellery silver plated with spent fixative.

I will be Artist In Residence at the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham. The results of the project will be exhibited at Argentea Gallery, Birmingham from February to April 2022.

Image: Sun, Daguerreotype, 2016.