Inspired by my passions for scuba diving and environmental advocacy, my work centres around bodies of water, materiality, working with discarded materials, environmental stewardship and ecology. Red Sea speaks to our dysregulated relationship with Papatūānuku (Mother Nature), with water being the medium that carries messages of ecological responsibility and provokes balance within the interconnected living systems around us.
Flow is a body of work that breathes new life into recycled glass and embraces the material processes. Each piece represents a polluted body of water displaying the effects of humans. These works honour the inherent agency of the materials themselves, embracing their natural unpredictability as they change through the material process and over time developing small cracks, shifting colours and textures. The materiality of the recycled glass embodies the tension between the fragility of our ecosystems and the dynamic qualities of the environment.
In Too Deep is a set of shark fins made with reclaimed clay and a reflective glaze. They are designed to provoke self-reflection to encourage environmental awareness. A reminder to nurture what nurtures us.
Fractured is a glass sculpture made from refuse window glass. It represents our melting glaciers and disordered relationship with Papatūānuku.
