Artists statement
| My work often engages directly with specific places, exploring the human/natural- world interface of different systems, environments and scenarios. I use many different approaches and work at a range of scales from installation to objects - juxtaposing different visual vernaculars to highlight science as a social construct in relation to the everyday world. I have been using ceramic processes to examine our understanding of time scales; from geological to human to my own. My recent work has resulted from a journey that involved following the 220-mile course of the river Severn from its source to its estuary. The sediment content of the mud changes along the river due to a convergence of geological, social and industrial histories. I have been investigating its changing properties at different temperatures. The collected materials' site specific properties were used in the series of work called 'Hard graft'. I made tiles from the river Severn mud and 'grafted' them into holes in pavements in London. Drawing has also been an important part of my practice and is often used to document the process. |
Producing ashes in a hand-made chiminea, Hackney Wick |
