Artist Statement

I am a multi-disciplinary artist, with a primary interest in sculpture. I am interested in our present condition and how we experience and perceive time. We seem to live with a constant feeling of urgency. A focus on productivity and efficiency with constant multi-tasking makes it difficult to experience duration, making our lives feel fleeting. My art practice is in some way an attempt to ‘waste’ time on purpose, an attempt to reclaim and alter the experience of time.

I work with plant matter as well as domestic materials, such as household items and detritus, materials that are not traditionally associated with sculpture. I am drawn to materials that are flexible and can be manipulated, such as cord, fabric, flexible plastic or branches and plant stems. Unlike traditional sculpture, my work is not intended to last for a long time.  Some of my sculptures are very fragile.

My practice is not outcome-oriented but is instead rooted in process. It is reciprocal, a conversation with the material, a form of play. The inherent properties of the materials provide me with possibilities but also put constraints on what I can do. Rather than working to achieve a pre-planned outcome, I observe how the materials react as I work and respond to that. The resulting sculptures transform and draw attention to materials that one may otherwise overlook but they are also an embodiment of that interaction and a record of the time that went into making the work.

The time spent making is a central element to my practice. My most recent work involves repetitive actions carried out over prolonged periods of time. I do not consider these processes as meditative. They are tedious and laborious. These time-consuming ways of working to make sculptures that are not intended to last a long time, are an attempt to ‘waste’ time on purpose.

Choosing to ‘waste’ time on purpose, is not just an attempt to reclaim the experience of duration. It is also a way to reclaim it as mine. Ultimately it is mine to waste.