Queen Tree

When the resources ran out, and the people moved on, nature reclaimed what was hers.

Queen Tree

She uncurled her branches and stretched her arms to the sky
Then summoned a storm and called out to the behemoths.
They stomped and crushed the metal destroyers as they made their way across the land.
She reached to the ground and pushed her fingers down through the soil
Sending a message to every plant.
''Push up the concrete, the roads, the paving slabs with your roots and your seedlings
Make green the sharp corners of these grey cold trees.
Reclaim what was stolen and bring back my green land''.

Developing a cyanotype print. The image on the left is of the negative laid over paper while being exposed to UV light, the image on the right is of the print being washed before the colour has darkened.