Individual, hand-built organic vessels, sculpture and objects inspired by nature and early civilisations
Honoured to be a finalist with
Vessel for Forgotten Dreams
27 Mar - 17 May
Waiheke Art Gallery Te Whare Taonga o Waiheke
2 Korora Road
Oneroa
Waiheke
Sculpture based on Ancient Greek aesthetics and the homoerotic "bathing" trope of western art history.
Available at:
satellite2 gallery
61A Victoria Road
Devonport
Sculptural vessels inspired by landscape, natural and figurative forms using marbled clays.
Available at:
Black Door Gallery
251 Parnell Road
Parnell
Sacred Tree Urn
This large coiled sculpture was a finalist in Waiclay Ceramic Awards 2025. My inspiration was of a 'future relic' - 1000 years from now after a period of global warming where surviving trees were revered and even their fallen leaves collected and held sacred in a sealed container. This example has had that seal broken off and is in a form that represents the hot winds scouring the Earth.
Available at
Black Door Gallery
Love Vessels
The Arts House Trust
Pah Homestead
Hillsborough Road
until 18 January
SOLD
I use coiling and other handbuilding techniques to make individual, organic sculpture - simple forms, mostly unglazed surfaces, often marbled or textured (representing the earth from which the clay came).
Inspired by the human figure and natural landscapes I sometimes reference ancient relics or iconography which provide a window into the beliefs of past civilisations. I find the ‘object as part of ritual’ fascinating, particularly when juxtaposed with today.
My ceramic practice is a means of processing my thoughts on my own path through this world. Combined with the inevitable dance when working with clay, it is more a journey of questions and discoveries that somehow materialise into three-dimensional objects.
