Skin to Skin and Soul Bound

Skin to Skin and Soul Bound is a series of handcrafted, body-referential structures made through heritage craft techniques and the transformation of raw materials such as fibres, hair, wax, ceramics, and foraged plant matter. Each piece develops through sustained, direct engagement with these materials, often from sourcing and preparation through to the slow processes of weaving, binding, forming, and firing.
 

The work draws on traditional practices including basketry, cordage, and ceramic processes, placing these techniques within a contemporary sculptural context. The forms often enclose or wrap around themselves, creating vessel-like structures that evoke artefacts, relics, or reliquaries.
 

Ideas of boundary, devotion, and containment run throughout the series. The materials themselves carry histories and symbolic associations drawn from folklore, ritual practice, and the natural world. These references are not illustrated directly, but remain embedded within the material choices and the gestures of making.
 

The pieces function as sculptural artefacts that hold both the physical evidence of labour and the quieter narratives carried by the materials themselves. Through this process, the work becomes a way of exploring intimacy, attachment, and the emotional weight that objects can hold.