MADE BY LAND

In his [Made by Land] series, Daniel draws inspiration from landscapes that were forcibly cleared of people in the mid-18th century across Scotland to make way for sheep farming.

What remains of these once-thriving communities are the structures left behind—roofless croft houses, their weathered stone walls a fractured patchwork on otherwise empty land. Faint paths lead to fields once divided by family and crop. Runrigs comb the hillsides, a reminder of the hardships endured as the land was worked to feed those now gone. These empty places ignite his curiosity: who lived here, and where did they go?

In his work, Daniel uses old maps to trace ancient drover roads that once connected isolated villages across vast landscapes. Hiking to these remote spots, he sketches the footprints of buildings and the marks left on the land. He finds the stillness of these forgotten places haunting, yet strangely beautiful.