Artist Statement

In my public realm practice, my aim is to uncover lesser-known narratives that are embedded in local history and bring them to life through the work. This means that each installation really speaks to the environment in which it is placed and appears to belong in its surroundings.   

Given that much of my work is placed outdoors I often work with metals such as bronze and steel. I am fascinated by their capacity to look and behave like softer materials such as paper or fabric and I aim to achieve a lightness and elegance to my work despite its solid and robust qualities. Books, ancient scrolls, ribbons, a curl of apple peel: these are all delicate objects that have inspired the forms in my large scale work. My sculptures often lean or peel away from their foundations as if caught mid-movement and this contributes to the sense of elevation that I hope to achieve.

Since I aim to express something unique about the particular place where the work is situated, each piece is different and bespoke and deals with a range of inspiration. Despite this, my work has a distinct style which I think of as ‘molten geometry’. I start with the principles of sacred geometry then distort, bend and liquefy them to create more fluid forms.

In my functional pieces such as gates it is important to me to approach the design holistically whereby all mechanisms, locking devices and sensors are designed into the artwork as discreetly as possible. This means that I can achieve a clean design which allows the artwork to sing, uninterrupted by operational devices.  

I have completed several major, permanent commissions across London and the UK including An Age, An Instant for The Crown Estate in Regent Street, Abeona at JCDecaux’s HQ in Paddington, North Elevation for the Lumen Centre in Bloomsbury and Scroll Bench for St John’s College, Cambridge University. Upcoming commissions include a wrap around façade for the new Baltic Railway station in Liverpool, and gates and sculpture for Christs College, Cambridge University, Berkeley Homes and Barratt Homes, London. I am also collaborating in developing the public art strategy for the new Valley Park town in Oxfordshire.

Photo by Vicki Couchman