Land Marks

Artist-in-residence project, Killhope Lead Mining Museum

Land Marks was developed during a three-month artist residency at Killhope Lead Mining Museum. The project explores overlooked traces of mining heritage through walking, drawing, and site-responsive marking.

Referencing the mineral fluorite, fluorescent pink was used to highlight subtle geological and historical features encountered along a circular walking route linking the museum, Hymers Hush, woodland paths, and Hazely Hush. The work invited visitors to experience the landscape through slowed attention, noticing details embedded in rock, vegetation, and ground.

The project began inside the museum with Under Feet, a series of oil paintings depicting metal-rich stones and lichen. Extending into the surrounding landscape, Land Marks positioned walking as both research method and artistic practice, foregrounding rural heritage and acts of attentive looking.