Formidable Shrubs put me in a good mindset for starting the research paper, which I called “the representation of nature in art and design”. The aim was to explore a variety of examples of nature use in art. This was the conclusion. (read extract). Which changed and clarified my intention with this work. The next step for me was how I can use my work to help the audience re-evaluate their relationship with nature. Up until this point I think I was slightly confused by my own intention, there was the idea of using nature as a tool, how humans interact with nature but there was nothing grounding the works, the narrative didn’t exist yet. I wanted to create a paper where the form impacted the message, so it’s printed on seed paper and the reader is encouraged to plant the paper after reading.