(WIP) Sculpture: Words Shaping Form

These ceramic works combine clay and language as interconnected forms of storytelling. Across small vessels and hand-held sculptural objects, text is stamped and embedded into the surface, following curves, joins, and interruptions in the form. The works are designed to be held and turned, allowing meaning to unfold through touch as well as reading. One series draws on coral forms observed in the Philippines, layering porous, organic structures with short poetic phrases drawn from personal experience. Another merges colonial bush poetry with English seasonal verse, recombining inherited texts to create new readings. Together, these works explore duality, movement, and borders, using clay and poetry to reflect on heritage, materiality, and post-colonial identity.