A living archive of ecological attention

Designing ways
to stay curious
outside.

I’m an ecological designer, naturalist and creative practitioner working between illustration, photography, field walks and warm, useful ideas.

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Carex testacea
37°02′S, 174°46′E
OCT 2026

THE WALK HOME, AFTER RAIN
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01 / A small introduction

I make things with a little mud under their fingernails.

My practice begins with paying attention: a moth on a windowsill, a neglected creek, the language people use for a place they love. I use design to turn those encounters into invitations for others to look closer.

More about my approach ↗

02 / Selected work

Things I’ve made and done

Mostly small projects, some ongoing.

Cullen photographing a blue mushroom beside a forest boardwalk

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY · ONGOING

Ka tū au hei kaitiaki

Wildlife photographs celebrating the beauty and diversity of Aotearoa.

An A24 rat trap being placed in the forest

TRAPPING VOLUNTEER WORKSHOP · ONGOING

Making room for birds

Setting A24 traps in Pureora Forest to help native birds breed safely.

Birdwatcher using binoculars on a forest track

PRODUCT DESIGN · 2026

Kōtare: an invitation
to look closer.

A bird-led app for finding sanctuary species across Aotearoa.

Binoculars and field guides prepared for an outing

WORKSHOP · 2026

Small Ways of Seeing

An outdoor drawing session for beginners.

Native forest parakeet perched on a branch

FIELD GUIDE · 2026

How to Birdwatch Ethically

A small guide to looking with care, patience and respect.

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03 / From the field journal

07 OCTOBER 2026 · Tāwharanui Regional Park

On learning the names of things, slowly

Some names arrive like doors. Others take a season of returning. This week I met a fern I’ve passed for years, and discovered it had been waiting for me to ask.

fernlearningfield notes

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04 / Taxa