Martha’s artistic practice has been profoundly influenced by exposure to two vastly different environments. A youth spent in London, surrounded by minimal art and modern architecture gave her the visual language of reduced and economical form, and a fascination with systems, repetition and order. This was coupled with the regular witnessing of the raw power of the East Anglian coastline. In this, Martha became aware of natural laws and gained an interest in the organised chaos of physical matter. Living near Cambridge, a city at the epicentre of scientific research, Martha became aware how scientific research influences our understanding of the natural world. Through observing nature and biomimicry, she has developed a process that allows her to draw with a sand solution. This painstaking method enables the creation of form through line and texture around which other materials and pigments are then accumulated over time.