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Nature Prevails

"Nature Prevails I & II", 10" hoops, screenprinting and embroidery on fabric.

2019

Blending textile craft with fine art, this paired embroidery series explores the enduring resilience of nature in contrast with human innovation. Using a robotic arm motif - also featured in The Modern Prometheus - these works reflect on the quiet power of natural forces to reclaim what we leave behind.

The first piece is bright and floral, representing spring and renewal; the second depicts autumnal decay, symbolising decline and eventual regrowth. Together, they form a cycle, death and rebirth, science and soul - rooted in the simple truth that Mother Nature always wins.

This series was conceived as a poetic response to technological advancement, inspired by overgrown ruins, abandoned machinery, and the quiet persistence of the natural world.

 © 2025  by Olivia Nicholls Bates.

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