Working mainly within sculpture and installation, my practice explores how the objects I make can become uncanny subversions of themselves, containing the potential for playful narrative and performance. I am interested in under what conditions the familiar can become strange and uncomfortable, and offer ways of retelling what is known.

My work involves craft-based skills, such as metalwork, wood-turning and carpentry, as part of the creation of spaces that immerse the viewer. The usefulness vs uselessness of art objects has become central. I have begun to play on this in my work by making subverted domestic furniture: a steel lamp that doesn’t let the light through, ridiculously tall and spindly chairs, a bed on bike wheels.

The psychological aspects of folklore and storytelling influence my practice. Recently I have been preoccupied with how words and stories can be easily twisted from comforting to nonsensical, and how language can be manipulated to present alternative narratives. I have begun to think of the objects I make as part of a set and I want to experiment further with this leaning towards the theatrical, where shadows appear separate from their bodies and objects can move on their own.