Delphi

I'm drawn to places where things are not quite known, where materials push back with their own voice, asserting themselves as co-creators. Working with these elements of chance and the uncontrollable guides me into a deeper sense of presence, play and responsiveness to what is, rather than what should be. It is there I am captivated, in the gradients and invisible connections that exist at the edge of knowing, where intuition replaces logic. These blurred and mysterious places run through my practice, from the materials I work with, the concepts I return to, my enduring inspiration in the natural environment and the work's aesthetic: layers of translucency, light, texture, spaciousness and absence.

I am currently working alongside a gelatin and agar-based bioresin. Bioresin is a shift away from traditional epoxy resin towards a compound that is sustainable and wonderfully unpredictable. As it dries, it takes on a life of its own, warping and shrinking towards its desired form whilst responding to any shifts in humidity or encountered textures.

As each tile is created, I embed it with textures from my home on the Arakwal coast. Like children collecting pieces of their day in dirty pockets, I gently gather as I wander. A rock, a collection of seeds, a fishbone. These treasures are reminders of discovery. When removed, they leave impressions in the tiles, negative spaces that speak to the spirit of the object rather than its physical form. The work is about this experience. It documents movement and time on land, reminding us of precious, simple details. It attempts to recreate the feeling of wonder that comes when we return to the natural, a place of sounds, textures, patterns and light. A sense of being with. Connected. Belonging. Present. Aware. Curious. Simple.

The work is the contact point between concept and the physical. My hands work alongside my thoughts, concepts bleed into the artwork body, traces of form leave negative space. Neither thought nor form exists independently as each imprints the other in ongoing reciprocity.