These works question the anthropocentric forces that are changing our planet and explore the resilience of nature in the face of these impacts. Inspired by the writings of Cal Flynn and Donna Haraway, both of whom discuss the idea that despite humankind progressing the world further into the epoch of the Anthropocene (our current geological age in which human activities becoming a driving force on climate and the environment), we as a global community can still prevent the worst if we act quickly. These above ideas are explored in the pieces through the cracking and distortion of their surfaces. As the porcelain and sand pulls apart, windows into the body of the forms develop, displaying the wire skeleton and glimpses of the waste glazes glistening on their insides like bygones of humanity. The sand and porcelain overlay the structure, mirroring the nature they came from in the process of reclamation, thick with potential and possibility, even in the most desperate of circumstances.

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Reclamation Despite Hubris, 2021  

porcelain, natural beach sands, waste glaze and wire  

320 x 830 x 540 mm