As I consider my personal, and collective experiences with loss, disease, and grief I create installations with print media to explore the interconnectedness of ecological destruction, human fragility, and resilience. My recent bodies of work have been heavily influenced by dystopian themes, and cultures' current exploration of escapism. I look for moments in plants, fungi, and other botanical specimens to create magnified, imagined interpretations of the awe, and wonder they invoke. Fungus only grows after decay sets in leading to beautiful structures which facilitate energy’s transfer to new organisms. I use the materiality of paper altered through hand cutting, deeply embossing, and inking to create organic forms with color altered shadows. My process is routed in traditional printmaking methods, but I am interested in using current technology throughout a project’s production. I start out by taking photographs, and then hand drawing designs to be turned into digital line images for creating the printing matrix. Each plate is used to transfer imagery onto paper which is then cut by hand. Each print is stacked together fluorescing onto the layer behind it creating an ominously unnatural glow. My light installations incorporate thin transparent paper in layers to both distort and draw attention to the cut prints and material underneath. The glowing elements in my work present both a looming presence as well as hope inspired by coral’s use of fluorescence in a last ditch effort to survive before bleaching occurs.