Latitude/longitude divisions of the globe serve to identify location, map or mark borders, measure territories, denote identity through place, tell of personal pathways or connections, allude to the seeking of a pathway or direction for the future. These map works expand these notions.
Maquette based on voyaging canoe plan, 2000
Split bamboo, thread
560 x 810 mm
Reconstructed Marshall Islands Meddo sea chart, 2000
Split bamboo, thread
390 x 700 mm
Spheres of Influence, 2004
Mixed media on Arche paper
800 x 1350mm
Private collection
Lines Extending Round (Small), 2004
Stainless steel
300 x 120 x 120 mm
Ed20. Private collections
Lines Extending (#3 of 5 variations), 2002
Stainless steel
940 x 665 x 135 mm
Private collection
Aspire - One of three variations, 2007
Painted steel, granodiorite stones, stainless steel fasteners
1750 x 340 x 340 mm
Private collection Christchurch
Seek, 2006
Stainless steel, bearings, rotates - wind responsive
5000 x 2500 x 2500 mm
Private collection Auckland
Seek, Maquette, 2006
Stainless steel
900 x 500 x 350 mm
Locate, 2009
Stainless Steel
5400 x 1000 x 1000 mm
Collection of Taitapu Sculpture Garden
Distance Estimates (Small), 2006
Stainless steel, totara, brass
400 x 160 x 60 mm
Private Collection
Facing Divisions, 2006
Stainless steel
2000 x 600 x 600mm
Private collection Christchurch
Rulers and Dividers, 2006
Painted steel, graphite, wood (totara)
2000 x 800 x 600 mm
Private collection
Pacific Arcs, 2000
One of three variations. Paint, graphite on steel
1400 x 600 x 600mm
Private collection
Manipulate, 2008
Acrylic sheet, aluminium laminate, fibreglass rods, stainless steel fittings
2000 x 2000 x 1000mm
Private collection Christchurch
Tsutsumu, 2006
Digital print
120 x 800 mm
Multiple overlays of photographic images of figure with aluminium laminate, fibre-glass rod 'garment'. Completed at ZAIM Contemporary Art Space, Yokohama. Tsutsumu (Envelop) was associated with an exhibition Attitude in Galerie Paris, a collaboration with fashion designer Donna Tulloch.
Wayfinding, 2017
Stainless steel, corten steel
1780 x 600 x 1750 mm
Private collection Christchurch
Wayfinding and Worldmaking, 2018
Stainless steel, callipers
1800 x 900 x 300 mm
Relative Bearing, 2019
Stainless steel, painted aluminium
2100 x 1400 x 800mm
Private collection Christchurch
Tsutsumu: to envelop, wrap, protect, hide, disguise or display, surround. With its references to folds, pleats, and segments, it embraces some of the tenets of Kimono and feudal era Japanese armour. It questions our choices of clothing to meet a need or express an attitude.
