A Shrine to Hawthorn (2023)

2 pans of handmade Hawthorn watercolour, glass petri dish with SCOBY dyed in Hawthorn ink with a drawing of Hawthorn on it, 2 bottles of Hawthorn ink, a bottle of Hawthorn tincture, gilded Hawthorn branch, drawing in Hawthorn ink of Hawthron branches.

Hawthorn was widely planted for boundaries during the Acts of Enclosure (1604 - 1914 over 5200 enclosure Bills were passed by Parliament, taking approx 1/5 of England’s area into private ownership). Rich in folklore and medicine as well as being a protective habitat for birds, Hawthorn is a plant for our times; it regulates blood circulation, increasing flow to the heart helping us to feel and move through grief and loss.