As a child the story of Peter Pan captivated my heart and I knew even so young this will remain evergreen. Inspiration for all my work developed from the narrative interplay of imposed stories and references given to objects, for example the thimble and acorn exchanged as a kiss by Peter and Wendy.
Objects used in a mundane fashion to elevate and capture every day implications strengthen my outlook for creativity; a needle and thread used to re-sew a shadow, a broken time piece defines adulthood and a spoon intended for medicine.
My work in turn laced with influence and the notion of memories, as in Neverland one will never grow up, but can also forget ones past. It is important for me to document and preserve the fleeting moments capture by life. Something we all do as humans is invest a dialog to inanimate objects; ‘this is a beach pebble found on a family holiday when we all got stuck in sand and used drift wood to dig our selves out’, to anyone else its just another rock.
The memory aids I fabricate sustain time sometimes of a lost boy sometimes happy thoughts but I know this ‘to live will be an awfully big adventure’…
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