I explore material and energetic entanglements between human and more-than-human worlds. Drawing on a diverse range of processes from the pre-industrial to the bio-technological, I weave together ancient and contemporary knowledge systems through playful experimentation. Working across sculpture and installation, my works posit speculative futures grounded in an ethics of ecological care, embodied curiosity and multi-species kinship.
Materials are never inert. They are dynamic, agentic collaborators that carry their own proclivities, temporalities, ecologies, and embedded histories.
I strive to work solely with regenerative and reclaimed matter - invasive ‘weeds’, sheep intestines, raw wool, human hair, fallen timber, foraged seaweed and natural pigments, among others.
Instead of polymer-based adhesives I look to the sticky, gooey and gelatinous substances naturally occurring in my surroundings - tree saps and alginates, beeswax and gelatin. I employ waste streams rather than virgin materials. I excavate enduring, low-tech recipes and research cutting-edge material innovations.
Merging animal, vegetal, and mineral bodies, I explore notions of interconnection, immanence and multi-species kinship. These materials become conduits for reimagining how we perceive, understand, and relate to the world around us.