My work explores the tension between human systems of order and the unstable natural world they attempt to structure. The chaos of nature versus the structure of humanity — or vice versa — drives the forms, materials, and processes I engage with. Through sculpture, installation, sound, writing, and film, I investigate how attempts to stabilise the world encounter the complexity, unpredictability, and fragility of the natural world around us.

Each project begins with research, drawing, 3D modelling, and maquettes, which function as provisional experiments in form, structure, and material. These sketches evolve into works that negotiate tension between control and unpredictability. I approach materials conceptually and experimentally, allowing their behaviour — whether fragility, erosion, or resistance — to shape the final work. Series or ‘albums’ of works allow ideas to unfold through multiple iterations, emphasising that human systems are never fixed but provisional responses to forces beyond them.

I am drawn to human systems that attempt to order the world — geometry, architecture, cartography, ritual, and symbolic form — not as fixed inheritances, but as tools for exploration. Each piece emerges at the intersection of human intention and natural forces, embodying the collision we have created while inhabiting that juncture. My works occupy the space between structure and chaos: they are material objects, cultural constructs, and metaphors simultaneously. The forms, surfaces, and materials of each piece embody the collision between human intention and the forces that exceed it, making tangible the fragility and provisionality of our attempts to stabilise the world.

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