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ILLUSTRATION · 2025
Saltwater Almanac
Seasonal observations for the Hauraki Gulf.
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
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
Work in the wild
Projects that help people notice, care, and act.
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03 / From the field journal
12 OCTOBER 2026 · TAMAKI MAKAURAU
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.
Read field note →04 / Taxa
A learning garden,
not an encyclopedia.
Records of species, words and habitats encountered along the way.
Kōwhai
Sophora microphylla · urban edge
Marbled gecko
Woodworthia oliveri · south-facing rock
Pīwakawaka
Rhipidura fuliginosa · creek canopy
05 / Shelf
Things worth
passing on.
Books, tools and small internet corners that keep the curiosity moving.
RESOURCES
Visit the book shelf →Field resources
Guides, species records and useful places to begin.
↗BIRD LISTeBird
Every bird has a story in the data.
↗BOOKBraiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer’s vital invitations.
↗BOOKMARKSNature’s calendar
A timely reminder to notice seasonal shifts.
↗07 / Make contact
Let’s make
something attentive.
For collaborations, commissions, guided walks and workshops.
hello@field-notes.example ↗