About

Orreries and scientific instruments have always pushed the makers’ art to the edge of the possible. They combine technical challenges with rich and difficult metaphor, which I find absolutely compelling. This current collection is built on spheres, because they have such prolific resonances in astronomy, music, alchemy and the history of mathematics.

 

I intend my work to engage from a distance as well as close up, by using movement andlinkage that is combined with hidden facets which can only be discovered by the hand. I invariably work to commission and put strong emphasis on engaging with a client through drawing and model making. For me, making is not just a technical challenge, it is also an opportunity to draw on our personal and shared history to make small objects that have a large hinterland of ideas and associations.