Artist Statement

Bamboo is my primary material. I work largely with offcuts – split, fractured and stressed remnants from previous projects – combining them through bamboo carpentry techniques to create sculptural forms. 

Joinery is left visible: bindings, cuts, tool marks, fractures and points of assembly become part of the finished work rather than something to be concealed.

The sculptures often possess a subtle internal order. Their balance and structural integrity depend upon relationships between individual elements that may not be immediately apparent. I am interested in this tension between what can be seen and the organising forms that lie beneath it.

Increasingly, I bring bamboo into contact with other materials and objects, including frames, wallpaper, and paint. These materials bring associations: of value, preservation and display; or domestic space and memory. I am interested in what happens when these associations meet the physical language of the bamboo – when something broken is framed, or when something apparently valued is damaged.

The work explores polarities between inside and outside; connection and rupture; tension and strength. It suggests that meaning, like structure, can emerge through relationships that are not immediately visible.

Points of reference include Anselm Kiefer, Carl Jung and John David Ebert.

Following these traditions, my practice is not primarily concerned with representation. While aesthetic qualities remain important, the work is driven by an investigation into material  structure and psychological suggestion.