Teri’s practice largely revolves around how nature interacts with urban environments. She has identified how moss can always be found within the cracks of Melbourne’s cityscape, showing us how the morphing of her two main environments is represented through the use of organic materials sourced from the surrounding areas of her home. This work is moulded around how physical contact with nature can stimulate senses and explores the effect industrialism has had on nature.  Moss has become a reoccurring material in Teri’s practice, she is influenced by the Situationist movement and how they study the terrain of the city, this fascination began through a series of walks around the city and taking notice of the types of nature that was observed. A lot of the time she noticed trees placed in a particular manner and contained in a way that is not naturally occurring. Natured has been constructed and manipulated to exist around urbanisation, rather than the other way around. 

Through the duration of the city walks, the journey becomes a personal and internal exploration with moss being noticed everywhere. This plant lives in the smallest of places and for a person to be able to get close to it you have to compromise your body, therefore making this an intimate experience. The relationship between moss and urbanisation is an interesting one - nature contests urbanisation, yet it continues to exist in the most unlikely places. Although moss is an adaptable plant, much like our natural environments, moss is fragile and delicate. If it is exposed to copious amounts of water or heat is can easily die. This artwork challenges the life and duration of nature and how it exists in an artificial object.