"Connection" 2026
Quilt, Fabric Pens, thermochromic Pigment
150 x 200cm
0.5kg
Connection 2026, Extract from an Open Call:
Early on in my practice I investigated the idea of thoughts/stories written out but obscured, an insincere kind of sharing. But recently looking back at this work I realised it was the honest sharing, that ignites the emotion that I wanted to express. Something between an obscured telling and blurting. After a phone call with a friend I mused on the contented feeling, identifying the feeling of comfort and connection. The quilt was a found object, an idea of that warm fuzzy feeling. The stories written upon it an honest telling of my thoughts and feeling on the different days I practiced sharing. The Thermochromic pigment I had been playing with in my practice, the tool to obscure and view the words. The quilt is the comfort, the words the tool for shared experience and thermochromic element representing the connection with others. Through touch and shared thoughts, I aim to create a connection with my audience.
Retry 2026, Extract from an Open Call:
Frustration in the material led to squeezing clay to relieve frustration, fired to embolden the emotional experience. The object becoming a comforting item to hold and identifying the power of shared experience/emotional memory. The next frustration being at a broken light switch, which was tried multiple times expecting a different outcome and the frustration of being told "I just tried that". So I combined them both, a monument to my frustration not of these objects alone but all frustration for the things that I cannot change no matter how I try but also to help me understand that other people also try.
Our society lacks connection and understanding, something that simple actions could change. We would all like to be less alone, better understood and believe our actions change what we are striving for. Shared experience is the antithesis of discrimination.
“Last Wednesday” series of 3 2022
Bronze
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“Flight” 2020
Kitchen cupboard draws, copper rod
110 x 88 x 14 cm
“Overprocessed thought” 2020
Wood, paper, photography
135 x 208 x 68 cm
225 x 219 x 73 cm
“Recalled memory” 2019
Cardboard, paper, photography, steel stand
250 x 20 x 20cm
“Exposure of memory” 2019
Lightbulb, paper, photography various
100 x 100 x 30 cm
“Exposure of memory, series (ITEM 1)” 2019
Lightbulb, paper, photography
various 75 x 50 x 30 cm
“The view” 2019
chair, foam, material, toilet seat, thermochromic screen printing ink
80 x 53 x 45 cm
The View 2019 Extract from an Open Call application:
What have you seen whilst sitting on the toilet, digitally, mentally? What have you connected with; who else has been there, what micro-organisms live there? Are the limitations of exploration and connection from one chair?
“Anxiety” 2018
bronze
80 x 53 x 45 cm
