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May 14
2 min

My Sculpture Stories

The following are brief abstracts about my sculptures... Smash The Patriarchy Smash The Patriarchy is a feminist reconceptualisation of t...

Jan 18, 2016
1 min

Updated Obscurant statement

Presenting the illusion of full-sized melting wooden lampposts, 'Obscurant' begins to challenge the dominant phallogocentric nature of th...

May 2, 2014
1 min

The beginning of the melting Lanterns: Perspex

First thing I had to do was experiment with how to melt the lantern’s perspex… Using a heat-gun I was able to create this frosted affect,...

May 2, 2014
1 min

I have a hammer…and a new drill!

By presenting something that is as out of the ordinary as melting wood, I am suggesting that we find the feminine ways and means of expre...

May 2, 2014
1 min

Second pole...

Here’s the process of the second pole creation…I used different wood for this one and it is much harder to sculpt and has thus taken me a...

May 2, 2014
1 min

Lighting the lanterns

*This blog post has been back-dated for continuity purposes. First sketch was originally done in March 2014, second updated sketch was do...

Apr 9, 2014
1 min

The First Pole

These last two weeks have been busy… Now with the first pole nearly completed, I now know how to go about creating the next two quickly a...

Mar 25, 2014
1 min

First Stop…

The schedule commences. First stop: B&Q for stock up on tools and materials…ready to start sculpting!

Mar 18, 2014
1 min

Proposed NSP sculpture: Obscurant

I will be posting updates throughout the next two months of the creative process and sculptural development of my proposed NSP sculpture;...

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