Growing up I spent almost all of my free time outdoors. The value, beauty, and magic of nature and our responsibility to treat the natural world with respect was instilled into my brain at a very young age. I was taught where everything I loved derived from, the earth. This did not exclude the people I cared for.
We live in a world that has become more and more anthropocentric over time - shifting focus from a nuanced understanding of ecology and the interconnectedness of all life - to one that values human prosperity and proliferation above all else. This has created a disconnect between humans and nature, when in reality we belong to the earth. This way of thinking has a ripple effect. We have felt these effects through issues including climate change and loss of biodiversity.
My sculptural works explore the human relationship to the natural world. I have experimented juxtapositioning nature and the human form in attempts to remove the disconnect between the two.
