'Through an intense process of connecting with, observing and drawing old trees, my work asks not just what they look like, but also what looking at trees can tell us about ourselves.'
Tansy Lee Moir is an artist and educator based in Edinburgh.
Her drawings reveal the forms and stories of our old trees, exploring the way that humans, animals and natural processes have shaped them over centuries, Her art encourages us to look at trees in new ways and to think about our ancient, layered relationships with them as living organisms.
For her, trees are sculpted more-than-human experience, created in dialogue with their environment: old trees are time made wood.
Recent work from the Chair Orchard
Collaborating with Full Grown Furniture
This year a new creative collaboration has blossomed for me in a Derbyshire field, where trees are shaped while they grow into uniquely sculptural and functional forms. A spring residency and an autumn studio month has resulted in a new body of work inspired by this tree and human partnership.
Ambassador for Coates Charcoal
A new partnership with the charcoal makers
For almost 20 years now I’ve been up to my elbows in Coates charcoal in my studio, creating artwork about trees using their perfectly carbonised wood. So, when I was recently invited to be a Coates charcoal ambassador, it felt like a perfectly aligned partnership for me.