Inspired by Richard Serra’s Verb List (1967-68) each of these sculptures represent a single verb; ‘To Compress, ‘To Fold’ ‘To Trace’. The resulting sculptural forms are indicative of how different materials react to certain actions.

To Compress 

The clamp and plaster floor works test the verb ‘To Compress’. The clamps used to manipulate the form have been left to provide context for the viewer and indicate the processes used. These objects also provide a contrast between soft and hard, geometric and biomorphic, to enhance the oblique reference to the body found in many of my sculptures. 

To Fold

My sculptures often employ an anti-form approach, particularly true of the sculpture ‘To Fold’. The texture and form found in the grid works is determined by the relationship the material has with external influences such as gravity. This sculpture explores the relationship between control and chance.

To Trace 

The works represent a frozen moment within the process of creation. This enhances an illusion of fluidity not usually found in solid materials such as plaster. When looking at the works ‘To Trace’ this suppleness has an organic quality that reflects growth structures found in nature, such as a beehive. To create these pieces, balls of foam were dipped in plaster and stuck onto a frame. The foam was then burnt using a blow torch, leaving the interior residual form. The outcome points to ideas surrounding repetition, accumulation and memory.

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