The interaction between these materials is deliberate and forced, consequently creating uneasy conversations between standardised forms and their natural origins. Tensions arise as these processed ‘products’ become challenged. Forms collide and lines blur as I attempt to question what it really means to be “natural”.
These crude structures reveal what a material once was, and what it has the opportunity to become. These approaches embrace and embody contradiction. Varying factors of friction and imperfection follow. Classic processes meet these alternative outlooks– the evolving material identity leads to a revitalised relationship with the crafted forms and myself as a maker.