About

My practice explores the emotional and sensory experience of nature through material and form, working primarily with sustainably sourced timber. Based in the Cairngorms National Park, I draw upon my background in architecture and design,

At the core of my work is a desire to capture and share the sanctity of the natural world by exploiting intangible and ephemeral qualities of landscape and it’s rhythms, atmospheres and life cycles. I believe that art is activism and can be used to highlight and tell stories. Projects can give physicality to ecological grief whilst recognising the possibility of changing course.

I create both sculptural objects and immersive installations that examine the relationship between the body, space, and landscape. My work evolves through time spent in my garden, in solitude in the hills and by exposure to the elements. I aim to evoke the sanctity and transience of the natural world.

Drawing is the foundation for every project and I use inks made from trees plants and the earth to create a softness and calm in the mark making. Recurring themes include precise geometry, repetition, pattern-making, and spatial interpretation. With an emphasis on implied movement, the pieces alter and change as do the ways that volumes, patterns, planes and forms are seen.

I think of the sculptures as three dimensional drawings and I explore the qualities of line using a combinations of processes including laser cutting, steam bending and wood-turning. I construct intricate work composed of thousands of individual wooden elements. Volumes without boundaries are captured, motion is suggested and two dimensional surfaces are transformed into sculptural three dimensional objects that have life and resonance.

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

2018

Duff House, Collection, Banff Aberdeenshire UK
- Stucco Lighting Studies

2016
Fitzwilliam Museum, Collection, Cambridge, UK
- Walnut wood neckpiece bought from Contemporary Applied Arts Gallery, London
- Walnut wood wristpiece commissioned by Fitzwilliam Museum.

2011
Aberdeen Art gallery and Museum Collection, Aberdeen UK
- Walnut wood and silver neckpiece bought from the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh

EDUCATION

MA DESIGN – JEWELLERY
Central Saint Martins,
University of the Arts London, UK

BSC ARCHITECTURE (HONS)
The Bartlett School of Architecture,
University College London, UK