My recent work explores the human psyche as a fragmented landscape. The notion of a psyche that is ruptured with a language that is unfamiliar. The framework for communication is broken, the building blocks of the everyday are misplaced. There is a sense of something recognisable but remains unreadable. A landscape where objects stop behaving as expected and the familiar becomes unfamiliar. The sculptural ceramic pieces in particular highlight the fragmented nature of incomplete memory. An incompleteness that forges a new history, a new language. A language of notation and grids, lines and marks. The slow meditative pace of hand building with clay allows for a deep involvement in the narrative of the pieces. The link between form and emotion becomes empowering. The pieces allow for a range of emotional responses rather than programmed interpretations.
