Objects that hold by holding each other, is like a synonym for 'I don't like to use glue'

Objects that hold by holding each other is like a synonym for, I don't like to use glue, is series of works which focus on the formal relationship between two materials. ​This reductive method of making concentrates on how these two materials connect to each other and how they exist as a unified form. Through balance and pressure, each pair holds itself by holding each other. The simplicity of two things attached together allows each material’s unique qualities to be accentuated such as the texture, shape, tone, space and scale.​ The behaviour of the materials relate to bodily gestures such as pinching and squeezing. It also draws on physical aspects of the body such as flesh, skin, breathing and secretion. By choosing the pairing material as a multiple amount, this guides the way in how the spaces that make up the chosen object, will be filled and attached.​ These objects are familiar and can be seen within the home. These forms are humorous, playful, tender, charismatic, assertive and gross. The material language is complimentary and relational, the associations are endless and they are oddly inseparable which makes them uncanny.

These works were made in 2020-2021 and exhibitions include:
Hatched: National Graduate Show, PICA (Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts), Perth, 2021.
UNBOUND, Gallery 17, Melbourne, 2021.
MaterialiZm, Missing Persons Gallery, Melbourne, 2021.
VCA ART 2020, Melbourne, 2020.