As the water retreats, sea cordgrass emerges from beneath the water, transforming the shoreline into a temporary landscape of texture, movement and life. Growing in the intertidal zone, these meadows exists between land and sea, visible for a few hours before being reclaimed by the returning tide.


The Returning Meadow explores a landscape that naturally disappears and returns with the rhythm of the tide, while reflecting on the fragility of coastal habitats that are increasingly shaped by environmental change.


Growing up, I spent time playing in a small meadow with my family, surrounded by long grass, changing light, a sense of wonder and discovery. Looking across the exposed cordgrass at low tide, I found a similar feeling of curiosity, a hidden meadow revealed, sharing wonder briefly before disappearing beneath the water once again.


Through intimate details, abstract forms and wider observations of people moving through the shoreline, this project explores the relationship between nature, memory and time.