It is my tactile engagement with the world that lures me into ever-deepening relationships and paths of exploration, both as an artist and as a human being. I relish the experience of the body as my primary tool of perception, of learning and of guidance. Prior studies in architecture, wood-fired ceramics and bodywork practices have cultivated a sensitivity and appreciation of materiality, spatial relations and the power of mindful touch. In essence, these are all acts of encounter, meeting grounds for self and world. 

Enhancing awareness of these moments of connection and exchange is what drives my studio practice. I create material playscapes that entice bodily participation and sensorial engagement, enkindling innate curiosity and cultivating awareness of momentary experience. 

I employ discarded, obsolete and undervalued materials – with an emphasis on organic materials that have been forsaken for more efficient, economically-viable or synthetic alternatives. Through slow and tender acts of care, I transform these materials from the quotidian to the curious, presenting them as something other than what they are, or what we know them to be. In so doing, I call for their reappraisal - enkindling renewed wonderment of, and correlation with, the elemental world. 

These installations are invitations to touch and be touched, gestures of intimacy, and lures back to the elusive present moment. They reacquaint us with materials of the land, of the sea, of the body – celebrating the lapsed wonders of the earth, whilst simultaneously invoking their revival.