About

My approach has always centred around seeking an instinctual way of being with the work. Within a place of exploration, something that happens subconsciously is really important to me, there’s a joy in stepping back and being open to discoveries.

When I press the papier mâché into shape, it is malleable, easily imprinted, very vulnerable. As it dries, the colours are at their most vibrant, active, everything slowly moving, shifting. Then it eventually dries out, completely transformed, it is strong – colour often seeps away, allowing form and texture to come to the surface. Sometimes the papier mâché tears apart in a release of tension as it dries, establishing a dynamic expression of my work practice – being in the state of balance between taking control and letting go.

In some way, creativity requires a willingness to work in the capacity of change and being with uncertainty, which can be uncomfortable. It is the act of relaxing into the sense that things are constantly in flux and finding some internal space to be present with that.