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In a video interview, you were asked about the relationship

between art, craft, and sculpture as those labels pertain to your
work. Often artists who work in wax struggle with those terms.

Could you talk a little more about that?

I describe what I do as sculpture, that’s where my practice is

grounded. But I also have a strong relationship to craft - my
processes, techniques, and relation to materials are deeply

personal and key to the development of my pieces. I use
traditional sculpture techniques such as modelling in clay, but

when I come to create the still life elements of the work –
pigmenting wax and composing the flowers, fruit, and other
elements - my process is more like that of a painter. In a

sense my practice sits at the intersection between these three.

Currently, I’m seeing a crossover from the craft scene to the art

world, with artists working in textiles or ceramics (for example)
highly visible in contemporary art spaces. The definitions of
‘art’ and ‘craft’ are becoming more fluid. But there is still a

desire to categorize artists and makers according to these

terms, and there can be snobbery or preconceptions around
this, which is frustrating.

Rapture
Wax and polyester resin
45 x 50 x 50 cm

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