ABOUT

Through sculpture, painting and installation I explore the parallels between the natural world and the human experience. As my work is driven by intimate themes such as resilience, transformation and relational depth, I am drawn towards the seemingly paradoxical emotional landsapes we face in this lifetime. I am interested in the materials of our humanity that make us the same in a world and time that lives in utmost division.

Characterized by a dark, earthy color palette and softened by playful, gentle forms, my floral bodies convey human narratives in metaphorical ways. My sulptures are born from a fascination with the resurrective power of South Africas national flower ‘King Protea’ that capture her essence in a moment of transformation. The flower is a pyrophyte plant, which has a fruitful symbiosis with the element of fire and therefore literally rises from the ashes into a new life cycle. The clay works enter their own metamorphosis as they emerge from the firing process with new materiality and identity. The leather woven around the vessel communicates a sense of dominance and sensual power herby uniting her tender, innocent beauty with the all consuming force of nature.