Armour, 2025 detail
Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with
distemper and Japanese paper starch
Meditations on my Body Series
Continuing to explore areas around painting and sculpture, a key part of my practice is time spent experimenting with prospective materials. My approach is one of speculative making, and in the last few years my practice has shifted from dyed and painted textiles to pigment-impregnated paper. The physical process of fabrication—submerging the paper into warm glue and then manipulating it into shape whilst still warm and wet—is all part of the enjoyment. I describe these works as feeling-scapes of the body.
Using a process unique to my practice, these works are constructed with distemper-impregnated paper that has been waxed and stitched, forming objects that appear both durable and delicate. These materials allow me to explore surface, skin, and structure in ways that echo the physical and emotional landscape of the body.

Torso
Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper
75 cm x 48 cm x 28 cm
February 2025
Shattered
Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper
92 cm x 69 cm x 21 cm
February 2025
Bulge
Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper
84 cm x 43 cm x 33 cm
March 2025
Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper and
Japanese paper starch
56 cm x 63 cm x 25.5 cm
March 2025

Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper
37 cm x 21 cm x 31 cm
March 2025

Stitched and waxed rag paper impregnated with distemper and
Japanese paper starch
75 cm x 48 cm x 28.5 cm
May 2025


See my work in The London Group Open 2025
Copeland Gallery, Peckham, London
8th-23rd November 2025 open daily 11.00-17.00
All welcome!