Artist Interviews

It is exciting to see this new work and how it has evolved since your last show in 2022. Experimenting with bigger rocks, and playing with building out from the rock to create new shapes. What inspired this shift? At the heart of this exhibition is a dual piece - one rock sourced from a riverbed on the Nakasendo Trail in rural Japan and the other from the cliffs of Karekare on the rugged west coast of Auckland. I can’t explain why I was drawn to these two pieces: on different days, in different countries some 900km apart. Aesthetically they...

What’s your favourite aspect of working with cast glass? And what do you find to be the most challenging part of the casting process? I enjoy the wax stage and constructing, using repetition. Working with wax is very meditative, this is where I can be playful. Once I've made something I'm happy with, I move onto solving how I will cast the piece. I rely on master moulds to make replicas of objects (usually in plaster) for my wax forms, either found objects or made myself. My work alternates from very complex to minimal. My complex work can be very...