Coastal Collection
The Coastal Collection draws from my experience scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef and my enduring fascination with coral ecosystems. Corals are both visually abundant and ecologically fragile — intricate systems whose survival reflects the health of the wider ocean.
Rather than depicting individual coral specimens, I work through accumulation. Hundreds of hand-made porcelain elements are clustered and layered, echoing reef structures while resisting literal representation. Scale, repetition and density become central, allowing the work to operate as both a visual field and a spatial presence.
Porcelain’s fragility mirrors the vulnerability of coral reefs themselves. Occasional use of 22K gold highlights the preciousness of these ecosystems, referencing both their beauty and their increasing rarity. A portion of proceeds from this body of work supports marine conservation initiatives.
Beneath the Waves
Corals
I learnt various techniques after taking a workshop with the queen of coral installations, Courtney Mattison when she had an exhibition at MOCA in 2016.
Precious
Precious considers value through material, scale and meaning. The use of porcelain and 22K gold emphasises delicacy and care, while the small scale invites close viewing. Corals function here as metaphors for ecosystems so finely balanced that they act as early indicators of environmental change — the ‘canary in the coal mine’ of warming oceans.
This work reflects on how worth is assigned, questioning whether value lies in material richness or in ecological significance.
