Artists Statement
Lives and works in London & Essex
"Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange"
[Taken from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest']
The current concerns in my practice are impermanence, temporality and reuse. I am exploring issues of recycling, decay, rot and death: making ephemeral work that melt, evaporate, rot, disintegrate, darken and dissipate over time. I am investigating the imperfect and the changeable – sculptures that face death, leaving behind only a photograph. Very few of my sculptures remain – often being dismantled and recycled to make other pieces.
In my most recent work I am exploring natural processes. For example, melting away of form, reflecting the impermanence of everything, the temporality of life.
These atmospheric sculptural installations become a rare, unique performance, an event in time and a conception of place. Their temporary nature focuses on the here and now of the encounter.
I have been most recently working with malleable materials such as wax – materials that can be easily changed and transformed. I explore their natural properties and how they behave under elements such as heat and gravity, exploring both materials and processes.
I have also been working with gold leaf, bestowing value on the sculptures. The work is intricate, requiring a great deal of labour and careful precision. The labour then evaporates as the work melts: a work of pure loss.
Of his bones are coral made;
Those pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange"
[Taken from William Shakespeare's 'The Tempest']
The current concerns in my practice are impermanence, temporality and reuse. I am exploring issues of recycling, decay, rot and death: making ephemeral work that melt, evaporate, rot, disintegrate, darken and dissipate over time. I am investigating the imperfect and the changeable – sculptures that face death, leaving behind only a photograph. Very few of my sculptures remain – often being dismantled and recycled to make other pieces.
In my most recent work I am exploring natural processes. For example, melting away of form, reflecting the impermanence of everything, the temporality of life.
These atmospheric sculptural installations become a rare, unique performance, an event in time and a conception of place. Their temporary nature focuses on the here and now of the encounter.
I have been most recently working with malleable materials such as wax – materials that can be easily changed and transformed. I explore their natural properties and how they behave under elements such as heat and gravity, exploring both materials and processes.
I have also been working with gold leaf, bestowing value on the sculptures. The work is intricate, requiring a great deal of labour and careful precision. The labour then evaporates as the work melts: a work of pure loss.