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Blossom: The Space Between Us
Media: Polyurethane Foam, Wire, Latex, Acrylic & Enamel Paint
Dimensions: Variable
2009

I constantly explore new ways in which to manipulate the materials at my disposal in order to realise my visions of the world around us. Traditional arts materials are combined with industrial materials to create new forms. The ability to manipulate these materials is of utmost importance, as are their physical qualities. Materials are selected as a result of their texture, viscosity, colour, form and malleability. A physical relationship to the work is important. This is manifested through experimental, laborious and repetitive creative processes. These processes become meditative as the contradictory elements that provide the catalyst for my practice are assimilated. Pixelated memories and distorted dreams are synchronous in the physical reality of the present and new autonomous entities evolve from these dissonant sources of inspiration. Multiples become important to both the fluid creative processes involved in the construction of these objects and to the stimulation of the spectator. Objects are physical, theoretical, far from absolute, moving towards a non-identity and freedom from a fixed definition. They are instilled with a life of their own at once bearing reference to their source whilst also firing the spectator’s imagination and creating new meanings; new beginnings, as a result of their inimitable physical presence.