Artist's Statement

 

                                                                                                                                                       

My work is about the relationships humans have with machines and how humans have become reliant on these machines to help live their lives.  I am interested in the human condition and merging this with crude and pointless machines.  The sculptures look as if they belong in a dystopian future where their form and function in ambiguous and uncertain.  The work is also an expression of my own inner feelings of fear, paranoia, humour and confusion.  I like to combine fun and the fantastic to create scupltures with a darkly surreal edge, which sometimes displays a strong sci-fi aesthetic.

I experiment with a range of different materials ranging from metal; wood; plaster; resin; man-made and natural found objects or anything I may find in a junk-shop or skip! This process of experimentation allows my ideas to develop, taking me on numerous journeys before deciding on a final piece.