WRAPPED in latex, 2016
       
     
WRAPPED in drawing
       
     
WRAPPED in ice
       
     
WRAPPED in ice
       
     
WRAPPED in plastic
       
     
WRAPPED in wax
       
     
WRAPPED in wax, 2016
       
     
WRAPPED in latex, 2016
       
     
WRAPPED in latex, 2016

A series of objects investigating 'wrapping' to experiment with changes in perception. Here latex is wrapped around porcelainised sponges. Dimensions 250x150x100mm.

WRAPPED in drawing
       
     
WRAPPED in drawing

These vessels were made in collaboration with the amazing artisans of Jingdezhen, China through a mould making and slip casting process.

Originally early settler galvanised water bottles then moulded and slipcast by Chinese artisans - then decorated in the Chinese aesthetic by Pie Bolton.

WRAPPED in ice
       
     
WRAPPED in ice

Porcelain 'pollen grains' wrapped in ice, slowly melting and being released, conceptualising the loss of pollen diversity through civilisation.

WRAPPED in ice
       
     
WRAPPED in ice

Thousands of hand made porcelain 'pollen grains'.

WRAPPED in plastic
       
     
WRAPPED in plastic

Porcelainised sponges wrapped in plastic shrink wrap packaging. Doesn't everything come wrapped? Isn't everything plasticised? Fake coral packaged for consumption.

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WRAPPED in wax

Before wrapping...

WRAPPED in wax, 2016
       
     
WRAPPED in wax, 2016

Ceramic rock form coated in encaustic medium of beeswax, carnauba and damar - all plant derived materials. Animal, vegetable or mineral?