Time to talk about my practice.
I have been interested in involving environmental issues in my practice for a few years now. At times I have struggled with putting my ideas onto canvas or into a physical form, I guess I'm a bit of a dreamer. A switch from painting to sculpture has really enabled me to engage with my concepts and has allowed me to find keys areas to investigate.
I have always been interested in the balance between the organic and the artificial. This has stemmed from an interest in the changing landscape of my environment and was realised in my move from rural Somerset to the urban, industrial North-east of England.
Recently I have been working with organic materials, using papermaking techniques to create a sculptural material from leaves that I have gathered.
I am currently creating cubes from this leaf pulp by compressing the material into wooden moulds. This deconstruction of the original organic material is something that again is poignant, we live in a world that constantly relies, or takes advantage of our natural resources.
I am looking to display these cubes in a future exhibition which I am sure I will talk about soon.
I have been interested in involving environmental issues in my practice for a few years now. At times I have struggled with putting my ideas onto canvas or into a physical form, I guess I'm a bit of a dreamer. A switch from painting to sculpture has really enabled me to engage with my concepts and has allowed me to find keys areas to investigate.
I have always been interested in the balance between the organic and the artificial. This has stemmed from an interest in the changing landscape of my environment and was realised in my move from rural Somerset to the urban, industrial North-east of England.
Recently I have been working with organic materials, using papermaking techniques to create a sculptural material from leaves that I have gathered.
I am currently creating cubes from this leaf pulp by compressing the material into wooden moulds. This deconstruction of the original organic material is something that again is poignant, we live in a world that constantly relies, or takes advantage of our natural resources.
I am looking to display these cubes in a future exhibition which I am sure I will talk about soon.
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