Flow & Firth Maps

The Flow & Firth Map collection traces the contours of the River Dee as it winds through Kirkcudbright Bay to the Solway Firth, capturing the interplay between land and water. Each piece is a tactile interpretation of the river’s journey, with low-relief topography carved into the surface, evoking the shifting landscape shaped by tides and time.

The 26 navigational buoys punctuate the artwork, marking the river’s safe passage, while Ross Island and Inch Island anchor the composition, their forms emerging subtly from the textured layers. A stone, carefully gathered from the river’s shoreline, is embedded within each map—an artefact of place, grounding the work in the material memory of the landscape.