Her tools are amateur. Play-Doh, a chopping board, a scalpel and an empty wine bottle used as a rolling pin. Made quietly at home at night at her white Ikea desk, within reach of vast numbers of Play-Doh tubs containing every colour you might imagine. Macnair sometimes stumbles upon her subjects, sometimes selecting obscure images by forgotten photographers or contemporary projects she thinks are worth highlighting. Each image is constructed, carefully photographed in the morning light in an area by the bins in her backyard and then the Play-Doh figures are destroyed and returned to their yellow tubs. 

‘Photographs Rendered in Play-Doh’ has been hugely well-received and garnered a passionate following on social media – in an incredibly democratic approach to her art, even taking on requests. Although superficially bright and fun, the work provides an opportunity to take a second look at these often- viewed images. A chance to, rather than quickly scan, as we do with the multiple images viewed daily, to slow down, take time to look at the images and enjoy them anew. A sold out first book, now has a follow-up, ‘whilst the world sleeps’ published by RRB Photobooks.