Pó de Vir a Ser – Évora, Portugal / Field study, studio & sculptural installation, 2018. All works are made from upcycled residual marble sourced from the quarries shown below. Works above from left to right: Our Mother the Mountain (detail image two) / Jackstones. Top: Dwell / Tools, Teeth, Lovers, Birds / Union (rings).

The Alentejo region of Portugal: marble quarries expose the nexus between geology, material, environment, industry, ecology, economy, surface and systems. This is an ongoing sculptural and photographic research project with Pó de Vir a Ser, Department of Sculpture in Stone. Sculptural works made in residency at Pó de Vir a Ser have been exhibited in solo and group shows including: DWELL, Portugal (solo,2018) / Routine Ritual Olafur Eliasson SOE Kitchen, Iceland (solo, 2018) / Mjúk Lending, Iceland (group, 2019).

Tools of Being, hand cut upcycled marble, 2018


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