Marc Cowan

What’s below the ground is what’s above

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The process of chromatography was devised in the early 1900s to extract and analyse soil, compost and crop samples.

Exploring this technique I develop a visual identity for a newly formed regenerative vineyard, offering a direct representation of the importance of soil to their wine making production.

The spontaneous nature of chromatography also offered a visual parallel to the undefined results in producing sustatinable wines.

The circular form of the label maintains a connection with the original shape of the filter papers as used back in the early 1900s – a time when wine-growing was regenerative as standard.

Image 2: © Ham Street Wines