When selecting materials for installations and sculpture, I start with an object found in everyday life, such as food packaging, a drawer, or a table leg. An ironing board becomes a body, chairs become dancers. Recently I have been working on small scale sculptures that resemble white box theatres. Pins, jewellery, netting, paper, coins, share the same world with small clay pieces that I shape, carve and paint. As with my approach to collage, I am interested in discovering what the materials have to offer, and how they interact with my painted and sculpted pieces, to create a puzzle.
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| Ellipsis, 7 x 7 x 3.5 in, mixed media, 2017 |
This recent sculpture is one of my smallest. It is a memory piece about my Grandfather, created from the things he held onto for decades, tucked away in drawers. There were lots of tiny objects to choose from, and I picked the ones that relate to cinema, as he loved films. This small stage is entitled "Ellipsis" referring to periods of time that have been left out of a narrative.