human : artist
My sculptural aesthetic explores two major themes. The first, is the idea of restriction and how it becomes an enabler in the right circumstances. The second theme, is around ideas of post-biological life, and exploring organic forms, using discarded technology.
Building on the process of Left Hand, this work scales up, while stripping away. Four years, seven months, three weeks and six days worth of prescription medication vials capture time in the form of mass repetition.
Created for the We Love Art fundraiser exhibition for St Vincent’s Hospital’s Xavier Art Space. All works were sold unattributed for a flat rate of $250, raising over $10,000 for the refurbishment of the art display facilities.
An attempt to capture the aesthetic of Bonsai, but using industrial / technological materials. It’s almost like some sort of weird cybernetic tubeworm colony.
Stainless braid for this work was courtesy of Convoluted Technologies Pty Ltd.
This is my second attempt at welded metal sculpture. It was built out of scrap, and a length of bent rod.
An ephemeral figure in copper wire rising from a cast bronze base featuring the husk of a body laying face down in front of a chair.
Dimensions h,w,d (approx): 50, 40, 20cm
This is a first year college piece modelled from a lifemodel.
It is constructed of steel and ethernet cable in continuous lengths from foot to foot.
Dimensions h,w,d: 100, 55, 20cm
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