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New Geologies (2024 - Ongoing)
New Geologies is an ongoing body of work comprising sculptural editions and collaborations that explore material transformation within emerging ecological and economic systems. Responding to the concept of the Anthropocene, a proposed geological epoch defined by human impact, the series examines how contemporary residues such as plastic, construction debris, and food waste are becoming embedded within the planet’s strata
Across the series, discarded materials are diverted from landfill and reprocessed into sculptural artefacts that challenge hierarchies of value, permanence, and authorship. Materials including waste oyster shells from the food industry and fragments from construction sites are treated as active material histories, shaped by extraction, consumption, and disposal. Through casting, layering, and reconstitution, these residues are repositioned as markers of our present moment rather than disposable by-products
Referencing geological time, slow, layered, and largely indifferent, New Geologies contrasts deep-time processes with the accelerated material cycles of late capitalism. The works reflect on how human systems produce new forms of sedimentation, where industrial and synthetic materials become the fossils of the future. These formations echo natural processes of compression and fossilisation, while exposing the environmental and cultural pressures embedded within contemporary material culture. By working with time as a material in itself, New Geologies becomes a site of inquiry into what we leave behind and how acts of making might resist, reframe, or reimagine that legacy
The series invites reflection on how today’s material decisions will be read in millennia to come, and how regenerative practices might reshape our relationship to matter, memory, and planetary responsibility
New Geologies is an ongoing body of work comprising sculptural editions and collaborations that explore material transformation within emerging ecological and economic systems. Responding to the concept of the Anthropocene, a proposed geological epoch defined by human impact, the series examines how contemporary residues such as plastic, construction debris, and food waste are becoming embedded within the planet’s strata
Across the series, discarded materials are diverted from landfill and reprocessed into sculptural artefacts that challenge hierarchies of value, permanence, and authorship. Materials including waste oyster shells from the food industry and fragments from construction sites are treated as active material histories, shaped by extraction, consumption, and disposal. Through casting, layering, and reconstitution, these residues are repositioned as markers of our present moment rather than disposable by-products
Referencing geological time, slow, layered, and largely indifferent, New Geologies contrasts deep-time processes with the accelerated material cycles of late capitalism. The works reflect on how human systems produce new forms of sedimentation, where industrial and synthetic materials become the fossils of the future. These formations echo natural processes of compression and fossilisation, while exposing the environmental and cultural pressures embedded within contemporary material culture. By working with time as a material in itself, New Geologies becomes a site of inquiry into what we leave behind and how acts of making might resist, reframe, or reimagine that legacy
The series invites reflection on how today’s material decisions will be read in millennia to come, and how regenerative practices might reshape our relationship to matter, memory, and planetary responsibility
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Nereustones
Nereustones are an edition of sculptural candleholder “stones” inspired by deep-time geological processes. Shaped to resemble smooth pebbles formed through millennia of erosion, the works reference ancient river and tidal systems while remaining grounded in contemporary material realities. Each piece is hand-formed using reprocessed waste oyster shells sourced from the food industry, transforming a discarded material into an object associated with care, ritual, and renewal. While unified as an edition, each Nereustone is slightly unique, carrying the trace of both human touch and material origin. The works operate as functional sculptures and quiet statements of value, foregrounding transformation as an act of planetary care.
Nereustones are an edition of sculptural candleholder “stones” inspired by deep-time geological processes. Shaped to resemble smooth pebbles formed through millennia of erosion, the works reference ancient river and tidal systems while remaining grounded in contemporary material realities. Each piece is hand-formed using reprocessed waste oyster shells sourced from the food industry, transforming a discarded material into an object associated with care, ritual, and renewal. While unified as an edition, each Nereustone is slightly unique, carrying the trace of both human touch and material origin. The works operate as functional sculptures and quiet statements of value, foregrounding transformation as an act of planetary care.
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Origin Sequence
Origin Sequence is an open edition of wall-based sculptural multiples informed by biological and cellular structures. Employing repetition and geometry associated with minimalism, the works explore how natural systems organise, replicate, and evolve. Each element is hand-cast using reprocessed discarded materials, challenging conventional hierarchies of value and permanence within sculptural production. The modular format allows collectors to compose their own arrangements, reflecting the adaptability and variability of natural systems. Through material choice and form, Origin Sequence offers a way of engaging with more regenerative, planet-conscious practices through everyday acts of collecting and display
Origin Sequence is an open edition of wall-based sculptural multiples informed by biological and cellular structures. Employing repetition and geometry associated with minimalism, the works explore how natural systems organise, replicate, and evolve. Each element is hand-cast using reprocessed discarded materials, challenging conventional hierarchies of value and permanence within sculptural production. The modular format allows collectors to compose their own arrangements, reflecting the adaptability and variability of natural systems. Through material choice and form, Origin Sequence offers a way of engaging with more regenerative, planet-conscious practices through everyday acts of collecting and display