I work with found and collected textiles and objects. I am exploring to create an atmosphere and space to interact with physically. A space between eros and thanatos. I want to create an uncomfortable or claustrophobic intimacy. The figure is essential in my work as a constraint and a limit. I try to see how far a body can evolve before it takes on another form, found objects are nailed into walls, bound tight, exhausted of life whilst others sag, droop and flop down a wall, a space or on the floor.

I have recently been working with bed sheets, toy stuffing, fake hair, pvc , collected fabrics, chains and hooks to make a soft sculptural installation which combines the domestic with the institutional. The relationship of sewn, soft, comfy fabric against the prison-like space of caged walls and hanging chain enforce a rigid form of protected solitude. It is a place for uneasy contemplation. You are forcefully protected. I want to represent pain physically and emotionally.

Picasso’s ‘studies for Guernica’ have been a huge inspiration for creating my recent work because I feel that the immediacy of these works capture an intense sensation of suffering that I wish to emulate. The reductive and contorted nature of the way these characters are depicted has been a great influence for me whilst creating my work. The work of Louise Bourgeois, Hans Bellmer, Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley and Annette Messager has also been of a particular interest to me because of the way these artists appropriate domestic, found or unusual materials.