C/-P.D.C.
Whiritoa 3060
New Zealand
Phone/Fax 064 7 865 9369

Much of my work is of turned wood which has then been subjected to a range of other processes such as fabrication, carving, inlay, and pigmentation. The wood is usually recovered or recycled, native or exotic. Other materials such as glass, metal, leather, bone, and resins are also used.

A marine theme runs through my sculptural work. I had a childhood fascination with the sea, playing with boats, knee-deep in tidal pools. The forms of marine creatures, designed to cope with an often turbulent dense liquid medium, have interesting reverberations with human inventions. Often my sculptural pieces amplify the links.

Another theme also stems from childhood—the desire to expose interiors or internal workings. Structures such as weathered shell, skeletal architecture, partially dismantled clocks and wrecked ships contain fascinating voids and spatial relations, textures and mechanisms which evoke a sense of wonder for the forces which create them.

BELOW is a gallery of my work of recent years. You can also follow my current work as part of the ITE.

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