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.

Current explorations include the reclamation of silver from used photographic fixative and jewellery produced using recycled eco-silver. The project also includes daguerreotypes and platinum-palladium prints of nebulae and supernova explosions, highlighting the cosmic origin of these rare elements.

I am Artist In Residence at the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham. The results of the project will be exhibited at Photofusion, London, July 2021 and The Hive, Birmingham, September 2021.