In mediaeval terms, marchlands are the lands comprising the borders of a territory. Over time such borderlands have taken on a folkloric power, representing the magical spaces between, where we can connect with different ways of seeing and being.
Hello, I'm Lizzie, a photojournalist, fiction writer and wedding celebrant. On the surface these may seem like disparate things, but delve a little deeper. Just like the golden threads that weave through the Map of Many Places in my newest novel, all my work is connected by the same thread: that of liminality and evoking unseen things.
There is no set way to navigate this website. Look, read, watch, and explore. Bathe in the river that flows between worlds; glimpse what lies beyond the marchland, stepping into new truths, new lands. If you'd like to collaborate or commission, or just ask a question, get in touch. I'd love to hear from you.
I have always gravitated towards liminal spaces; swimming in rivers, and seeking out abandoned buildings and ancient forests. But these magical places are not only external; they exist within us too. Our lives pass through many liminal spaces, where we learn, change and grow.
Marchlands explores and celebrates the people and places whose light glimmers in that magical space at the edges of the everyday.
While photography best describes the surface of the world, it is also an excellent tool for exploration. When photography meets with other disciplines at its edges, be that film, text or any other artform, it creates something richer and more revealing. Here, a perceptive space is created, allowing us to explore what lies beneath the visible landscape and experience the world in new and imaginative ways.
I hold an MA in Photojournalism, and my work is exhibited in museums and galleries in the UK and internationally. I also create bespoke pieces for homes, hotels and workspaces.
It can be hard to own your difference, especially for children. Storytelling has always been at the heart of everything I do. It shapes the way I see through a lens, and the way I hold space for people at the threshold of their new life together. My books invite readers to navigate that sense of dislocation by connecting them with characters who must learn to let their blood sing with the stories of who they really are; all within the borderless world of magic.
The Unfortunate Archibald Marble, published by Bollweevil Press, was my first step into that world. Blood Song followed — a middle-grade fantasy set in a shadowed Victorian London, where magical creatures slip through the spaces between the seen and unseen, waiting to be found.
What does it mean to get married? What does it really mean for you? This day is about what is meaningful to your relationship. Forget everyone else. What kind of ceremony would truly represent who you are as a couple, and as individuals? From this understanding, we build and grow your ceremony together; every element, carefully chosen and celebrated.
During a wedding, the ceremony itself becomes a site of liminality: a sacred space in which you cross from one relationship into another state of being. How much closer to magic can you get!