Biografia
I have always been fascinated by dolls, puppets, mannequins and clockwork mechanisms, the surreal and the uncanny. My work focuses on memory, sexuality, childhood and motherhood. I mostly work with papier mache and wax which helps to reflect a sense of fragility and impermanence. My work is accessible whilst maintaining integrity; it can be experienced without exacting an interpretation but can hold the viewer’s interest for long enough to reveal deeper meaning.
'You have to watch what you say on postcards' is a deeply personal work about first love. The sobbing girl clings onto the string of the balloon, inconsolable in the inevitability of loss. The use of the photo montage stories from Jackie magazines is an ironic reference to the influences exerted upon my teenage self about ideas and ideals of love and relationships.
