Garden

Garden is one of my most recent pieces. I liked the idea of capturing various stages of activity within one moment. This work refers to relationships and to the variable motions of exchange we go through with others. I became fascinated by the venus fly trap- particularly its ability to attract and consume its prey. This lead me to consider dependency on others and the necessity of interaction; as well as the need to appear attractive to others and the questionable outcomes of success. This piece was recently shown as part of 'One or Several Wolves', an exhibition of work made by moxie studios' artists. 

The Sea

The Sea is a more recent continuation of The Sea and the Sky. Here, I was concerned more so with our capacity to navigate our way through the intricacies of life . Unlike The Sea and the Sky, none of these pieces are kinetic. Instead; Lighthouse, Compass and Fog refer to leaving behind a repetitive or stagnant situation and explore the challenges of starting anew.

prisoner

Prisoner was one of the first pieces I made when I moved into my studio. Following a gap of a couple of months without space to make work, I was anxious to dive back into it but was unsure what direction I wanted to go in. This piece was a response to my artistic inertia. 

The Sea and the Sky

 The Sea and the Sky is a body of work which deals with themes of metamorphosis, deterioration and regeneration. Comprised of found objects and recycled materials, each of the pieces has the capability of movement - turning a crank can result in the movement of a ship travelling through rough seas, the rise and subsequent crash of a wave or the flapping of wings. The constant repetition of movement in each individual piece suggests the difficulty of surpassing a particular stage. For the spectator, meaning can be interpreted in many different ways – through the familiarity, condition and appearance of the materials, as well as through the movements generated by the action.

Tableaux

Tableaux is collection of sculptures I made in 2008 for my degree show. This body of work evolved from a series of drawings exploring the human body.I began isolating various organs and abstracting them through colour and scale.I became fascinated by the forms and shapes which are contained inside all of us and the beauty which is rarely seen.The work also addresses the importance of all these elements and the sad and unfortunate fact that most of us will fall victim to some form of malfunction – quite often brought on by our own actions or lifestyles.

Wooden 'skins' contain and unify the disparate range of found objects and recycled materials which reconstruct fragments of the body. Many of these objects already show signs of longevity and have been deemed worthless and discarded by others.