13 March 2026 My first visit to the site after our holiday was early January and I found that it fell onto the forest floor. My dad passed on that day, and I have not visited the site since. I did not have the motivation or inspiration, and asked myself if this was about a […]
I want to exhibit the coastal rubbings, which I made in December 2025 at a members’ exhibition during March 2026. The drawings were made over a period of 10 days, whilst camping with family and friends on the West Coast of South Africa. I initially planned to take tide-line rubbings and see what the coast […]
Since we are both working with forms that reference vulnerability, attentiveness and containment — vessels and nests — there’s an opportunity to explore what emerges in the space between these two practices. We can shape ideas around how to structure that collaboration, and how to reflect on it in writing or/and making. Do we need […]
It seems that each installation becomes a reimagining of the nest—not just as an object, but as a proposition. When I suspend these wire forms in space, I’m not merely arranging sculptural elements for visual engagement. I’m proposing a way of being-with—the materials, the shadows, the air, the viewer, and the place itself. The nest, […]
I consider my work in spaces such as white cube galleries, as well as other more open or environmental spaces. I have to visualise how the wire objects can hang suspended in these spaces. I feel the work can become ‘performances’ with light and movement, but is there more I could explore? This led me […]
INTRODUCTION This post will be a time-based blog in the form of writing/documenting and responding to conversations and discussing ideas about vessels and making between Annette Holtkamp (OCA textiles student and part of a crit group) and me. I share this work with the assessors as it shows peer interaction, discussions around work, and the […]