Islands Apart



‘Islands Apart’ is an ongoing long-term project initiated by residencies exploring the parallels of intertidal estuarine Essex islands and the archipelagos of Orkney, where land and sea negotiate boundaries between heritage, identity, monuments and ancient sites.






Islands Apart (ongoing series), 2026
35mm Black & white photographs
7x5 inches







Fen, Flod, Frith, Ness, Ebb, Ey, Sea. 2025
(Film stills)

Featured at Trame di Luna Festival, Filignano, Italy. 2025.


















Tangleware:
Documentative drawings of soil-to-soil kelp garments created on residency in Orkney.









Tanglehood, 2024.
Graphite on permatrace paper
(90 x 80cm)





Tangleware, 2024.
Graphite on permatrace paper
(180 x 80cm)




Studio photography by Anna Lukala 2026.

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