Studio Writings | Sculptural Practice & Process

Why Documenting My Process Changed the Artwork

Why Documenting My Process Changed the Artwork

One of the unexpected outcomes of Fragile Futures hasn't been the finished artworks. It's been what happened when I began documenting them.

Why Documenting My Process Changed the Artwork

One of the unexpected outcomes of Fragile Futures hasn't been the finished artworks. It's been what happened when I began documenting them.

An Ethical Studio Tension in Collected Forms

An Ethical Studio Tension in Collected Forms

The most confronting tension inside Collected Forms has not been technical. It has been ethical - somewhere in the process, I drifted.

An Ethical Studio Tension in Collected Forms

The most confronting tension inside Collected Forms has not been technical. It has been ethical - somewhere in the process, I drifted.

Am I Kidding Myself?

Am I Kidding Myself?

On self-doubt, shifting audiences, and presenting as an artist There is a question that sits underneath this phase of my practice, and it tends to surface when I consider the...

Am I Kidding Myself?

On self-doubt, shifting audiences, and presenting as an artist There is a question that sits underneath this phase of my practice, and it tends to surface when I consider the...

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Working in the Uncomfortable Middle

As I move deeper into Fragile Futures, the work is no longer about producing objects, but staying with questions that resist clarity. This stage is uncomfortable, slow, and uncertain -...

Working in the Uncomfortable Middle

As I move deeper into Fragile Futures, the work is no longer about producing objects, but staying with questions that resist clarity. This stage is uncomfortable, slow, and uncertain -...

The Work You Don’t See: Making Sculptural Art with 3D Printing

The Work You Don’t See: Making Sculptural Art w...

People often think 3D printing does the work. What they don’t see is the time spent designing, calibrating, testing, failing, reprinting, sanding, colouring, and deciding whether a piece is even...

The Work You Don’t See: Making Sculptural Art w...

People often think 3D printing does the work. What they don’t see is the time spent designing, calibrating, testing, failing, reprinting, sanding, colouring, and deciding whether a piece is even...

Launching Fragile Futures: When Preservation Becomes a Paradox

Launching Fragile Futures: When Preservation Be...

Right now, my work is sitting under glass domes at Foster Gallery as part of Vitamin Sea, a joint exhibition with Jacqui Christians. On the surface, the work looks delicate. Jellyfish....

Launching Fragile Futures: When Preservation Be...

Right now, my work is sitting under glass domes at Foster Gallery as part of Vitamin Sea, a joint exhibition with Jacqui Christians. On the surface, the work looks delicate. Jellyfish....