Currently on display at RBSA, Disassemble becomes part of The Exchange project through exploring the sunflower as a commodity item, stripped and decompartmentalised.

An overlooked aspect of life, flowers play a key role within ecology and society. The Exchange explores flowers through their connections with Birmingham both historic and contemporary, in doing so shedding their non-utilitarian label. A particular focus has been the work of John Ruskin who was a writer, philosopher, art critic and botanist. With this array of field his writings varied on subject to include history, ecology, botany, politics and society. His criticism of industrialisation and capitalism led him to unveil what we now know as environmental disaster. His belief being that human's only saviour was a reconnection to nature. Almost 124 years later after his death, did Ruskin achieve his goal and what can we learn from his perspective?