This series reimagines traditional country flags using delicate, hand-pressed flowers—natural materials that stand in quiet contrast to the boldness and authority flags are usually associated with.

Historically, flags have been used to claim land, mark territory, and assert power—symbols often tied to conquest, control, and a patriarchal idea of ownership. They’re planted in soil to declare, This is ours. But the land itself, the earth and everything growing from it, has always existed beyond borders. Nature doesn’t recognise flags.

By creating these national symbols with fragile, impermanent flowers, I’m softening those hard lines—questioning the idea of ownership, permanence, and man-made dominance over land. Flowers fade, shift, and return to the earth. They remind us that everything is temporary, even the structures we think are fixed.

The flowers I use are collected by hand—often from my own garden or shared spaces—and pressed using slow, traditional methods. It’s a gentle, mindful process. Each bloom brings its own imperfections, which I embrace. In this context, the flags become less about power and more about connection, memory, and the quiet beauty of place without possession.