I have long been attentive to the tension between the artistic process and the “finished” art object, and my practice has explored ephemerality, disappearance, and trace. This has led me to create works that dissolve or degrade—flammable matchstick bonsais, ice and sugar sculptures, happenings, live art making, and cyanotypes that record absence rather than presence.
Match Bonsai Project
Match Bonsai explores labour, value, care and destruction through the slow construction of delicate bonsai trees made from thousands of matchsticks. The work balances precision and fragility, culminating in moments of ignition that transform extended making into a brief, spectacular disappearance.
Ghost Sculptures (2013)
Ghost Sculptures are translucent sculptural works that reveal objects through light rather than material presence. By demonstrating the scientific phenomenon of refraction, they invite close inspection and hands-on exploration, transforming optical principles into moments of perceptual discovery.