1.11.17

Chapter One: To Ferment; 2017. 29 to 117 x 18 x 5 cm. cigar box and cedar sheets, recycled fabric, onion skin paper, matcha tea, thread.


To Ferment - to undergo the chemical breakdown of substance by bacteria, yeast, or other microorganisms;



typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.



To incite or stir up agitation or excitement among a group of people,



usually concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence.



Cause, generate, instigate, provoke... brew.

2.9.17

Shutter (Shudder); 2017. 29 x 11 cm. scotch whiskey cardboard container, cigar box cedar sheets, old clothes, watch face, sugar.


window shutters keep light out



camera shutters let light in



shudders - tremble compulsively, as a result of fear or revulsion




i shudder at the thought of...



...to be held.

31.7.17

Presence/Presents, or Lack of; 2017. 29 x 11 cm. scotch whiskey container, cigar box cedar sheets, plastic packaging from box of handkerchiefs, old clothes.



It's about people, stuff, or time, and calculating actual value by subtraction...what was once there, giving or not being given, missing or not missing you...
the negative space.



gifts from Charles - the cardboard container from a bottle of Aberlour scotch whiskey and cedar sheets from cigar boxes



It's also about the container - that which holds it all together, to be held.


20.4.17

25.1.17

Salt Yolk; 2017. 20 x 20 x 10 cm. coffee stained recycled canvas printed with crocheted doily, thread, stuffed into a mooncake tin box.


Salt Yolk is a homonym of sorts, same sculpture with 2 different meanings.



preserved salted duck yolk is prized and is used in Chinese mooncakes to symbolize the moon...if you are lucky there will be 2 in your mooncake




salt yolk agar is used as a growth medium for Petri dish of presumptive bacteria