Figure List

Figure 1:  Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Platform 2, Marsden’.

Figure 2: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Exploding seeds of the Cirsium (Thistle) plant’.

Figure 3: Csikszentmihalyi (2014) ‘Ratio between challenges and skills’, p.139

Figure 4:  Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Materialand video’.

Figure 5: NASA (2017), ‘City Lights – Northwestern Europe’. Available at: https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Collections/CEO-Top-Picks/2017/. Accessed: 1st August 2025.

Figure 6: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Nodules on sedum stems’.

Figure 7: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Dyeing the sedum stems with indigo dye’.

Figure 8: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Nodules on sedum stems illuminated by shell gold’.

Figure 9: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Wigwam insect habitat’

Figure 10: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Strong, hollow, circular and silvery Angelica’.

Figure 11: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Cutting the Angelica stem on an angle’.

Figure 12: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Dyeing sections of Angelica with Indigo’.

Figure 13: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Sawing the Angelica stem’

Figure 14: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Filling the gap with melted beeswax’

Figure 15:  Sykes, E. (2025) ‘The join after scraping off the excess wax.’

Figure 16: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Sanding and burnishing the smaller Angelica rings’

Figure 17: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Detail of prototype of Angelica chain and silver knots necklace’

Figure 18: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Flowers from the Garden cut flower business and workshop.’

Figure 19: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Collecting cuttings from Flowers from the Garden’

Figure 20: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Tying the stems to create form.’

Figure 21: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Pages from my RML reflective journal’

Figure 22: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘My making altar’.

Figure 23: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Final presentation, in order of completion’.

Figure 24: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Meadow Buttercup Necklace.’

Figure 25: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Golden Thistle necklace’

Figure 26:  McLeod, M. (2020) ‘The Stone Figures’. Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/oct/30/there-is-power-in-them-mysterious-stone-figures-gaelic-winter-ritual-cailleach. Accessed: 8th August 2025.

Figure 27: Sarah Myerscough Gallery (2025) ‘Raw Edges’ Available at: https://www.sarahmyerscough.com/exhibitions/73-raw-edges-fog-2025/ Accessed: 23rd May 2025 

Figure 28: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘CMF module presentation.’

Figure 29: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Photography tests in the woods.’

Figure 30: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Testing a plain colour background, Market Green by Mylands.’

Figure 31: Sykes, E. (2025) ‘Taking photographs in the daylight studio’.

Figure 32: Goldsworthy (2025) ‘Fleece.’ Available at: https://andygoldsworthystudio.com/fleece/ Accessed: 2nd August 2025.

Figure 33: Sykes, E. (2025), ‘Canal walk’.