School of Fine Art Sculpture & Environmental Art
Maud Ross
The main focus of my practice is the interwoven relationship we have with the natural world. My work explores this predominantly through installation, sculpture and photography, considering the connections we have with the environments and spaces we inhabit. Themes of growth, impermanence and lifecycles are woven throughout, endeavouring to create a dialogue between the human body and the earth. My sculptural works are commonly constructed in the mediums of natural fibres, wire, plaster, and organic materials that I have gathered from natural landscapes, such as grasses, moss and wool. The resulting sculptures take the shape of hollow, abstracted organic forms, drawing inspiration from bodily structures such as cells, the womb or other organs, as well as structures found in the landscape, such as nests.
My practice aims to discuss my personal relationship with the natural world drawing upon childhood memory and experiences growing up in a rural landscape. I have an interest in exploring internal spaces of nurture, growth and safety found within the landscape and the relationship these have with our personal experiences of safety and belonging. My work seeks to encourage the viewer to consider the innate connection that exists between our bodies and the organic landscape that surrounds us.