Studio Writings | Sculptural Practice & Process

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...

Soldier crabs

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....

Sculpture experiment with polyclay, airdry clay and apoxie clay

Sculpture experiment with polyclay, airdry clay...

I experimented on a selection of desk top clays and sculpting mediums for my first art doll scuplture. The short list included: polyclay, airdry clay and apoxie clay over wire...

Sculpture experiment with polyclay, airdry clay...

I experimented on a selection of desk top clays and sculpting mediums for my first art doll scuplture. The short list included: polyclay, airdry clay and apoxie clay over wire...