Another Picture of Test Piece
A length of scrap wood held at one end by a coat hook, six strings hang from it in catenary loops. Prime numbers meet the Parabola, something that hadn’t decided what it was yet.
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Test for Door Piece at the Cowshed, MDX
Green rope strung from an offcut of plywood across the workshop, testing weight and drop before committing to the gallery. The institutional clutter in the background is not incidental — this is where the work gets made.
Early Stamp for Marking Work — My Initials
A stamp made from my initials, pulled in purple — the 23 radiating lines giving it more energy than a mark of ownership has any right to have. Used it for a while, then didn’t.
6×6 (Gravity Shackles) at Rhizomatic in Southall
6 lengths of rope hung from the roof of the warehouse, each one sweeping down and back up in a long arc — the space between them as much a part of it as the rope itself. The industrial light…
Candle Spiral
Handmade beeswax candles arranged in a loose spiral on a concrete floor, inside a room built from cardboard sheets — the warmth of the flames against the rawness of the space. It held together better than it had any right…
Connecting Both Sides of the River — Handmade Oil Lamps Span the Ouysse to Light the Way Home
2009. Handmade oil lamps strung across the Ouysse at dawn, their reflections doubling the line of light in the still water below. Made to be used once and left.
Blessed? Light Piece
A light box on the floor, casting the word “BLESSED” onto the wall at an angle — the question mark in the title doing most of the work. Whether it lands as benediction or irony depends entirely on where you’re…
The Box Family — Board with Frosted Acrylic, Copper and Light
The orange light, a function of the copper interior, housed inside the cardboard box, the acrylic face glowing against the dark. The box doing more work than a box usually has to.
Another View of the Box Family with Light
The same piece emerging into the light itself, the ambient light washing out at the edges — the shadow of something cast onto the face of the acrylic. A quieter version of the same idea.
Nesting Cardboard Box Family
Five corrugated cardboard boxes made to nest inside each other, each one a slightly different proportion to the last. The exposed flute at every edge is the whole point — these are not trying to look like anything other than…