Association of Sculptors of Victoria

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I am an emerging artist, from the far North Coast of NSW. I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National Art School in 2019, Sydney, majoring in Sculpture and Painting. In 2019, I was recognised at the Sculpture by the Sea art trail for my work “Spilt Imprint”, sponsored by Keane Ceramics. At the core of my practice, is a multi-disciplinary approach to making and collaborating. My work expresses my search is for symbiosis between process, materials, and site, by investigating structures in the natural and built world. I expose impressions found in nature to reveal the possibilities of neutral space. A process best characterised as ‘impression’ installation. I seek to expose the negative space caused by imprints made from erosion, movement, or force. "Split Faces" is an exploration of Basalt carving, Earth’s most abundant bedrock. This dark-coloured, brittle material is denser than most volcanic rocks and is unforgiving. It is a personal symbol of home and provides a feeling of grounding as it is easily found along the headlands of Lennox Head. The process and material dictates the result in the search of creating a smooth split facing surface. This is achieved through commitment and allowing patience to be the qualifying factor. Then, like an act of soothing, I slowly polish the carved surface and continually work back and forth, waiting for the material to reveal itself. I want to acknowledge the material and expose the sheer blackness of the core. Like doors, the two corresponding sides of the carved basalt seek out an audience inviting a moment of either opening or closing. The work is simply a show of the wonders of basalt and the potentiality of patience.

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