My artistic practice delves into our relationship as humans with the environment and the value we place upon our natural resources. We are bound to our surroundings as its health dictates our own, yet we still fight this fundamental truth and continue to devour our maternal life support systems. Working with various metals, found objects and chemical reactions, I explore these ideas through the merging of animal, mineral and botanical forms that create the hybrid structures of my floral series.

Hybrid Apparatus specifically speaks to governmental bodies within Australia that make decisions against a sustainable future in favour of monetary gains. The government ignores the scientific community when they bring up environmental issues, but when it comes to COVID-19 and the current pandemic, their input is suddenly invaluable. They are only heard when it suits the government’s agenda.

To symbolise these ideas, I have utilised a tree and lungs that are merged and worn over the face and chest. The relationship between these two forms shows our interconnectedness with the environment and how it sustains us. The tree represents our current environmental plight; it is barren of foliage and coloured with unnatural and dead-wood tones. The lungs are crystalised and hollow to show the repercussions of this destruction to our bodies and why these issues need to be taken seriously.


Hybrid Apparatus, 2021  
copper, salt, borax  
600 x 250 x 250 mm

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Hybrid Apparatus, 2021  
copper, salt, borax  
600 x 250 x 250 mm

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Fur Pod/Permafrost Encased Bloom, 2021  
copper, steel, steel-wire, faux fur, salt, borax  
270 x 120 x 120 mm

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Masquerading Flora/Crystal Thistle, 2021  
brass, steel wire, rabbit skull, borax  
250 x 60 x 60 mm

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Primary Spores, 2021
steel-wire, putty, clay, cotton tips, spray paint, acrylic paint, borax
300 x 100 x 100 mm