Counter and Carrier
These works were exhibited at Firstdraft as part of Working Tiles, a group show featuring the 2024 studio artists-in-residence at TILES Lewisham.The works explore how objects, bodies, and stories are carried, counted, and held - focusing on symbolic forms that function as vessels. These are things that are more than one thing; things that hold something else.
Counter is both a painting and a table. Two of its legs were salvaged from the street, sanded and inscribed with text; the remaining two are offcuts from the table’s own frame. A yellow envelope rests face down on the painted surface. The title Counter refers variously to resistance, measurement, and support.
Carrier is a painting and a box, with an internal pine frame. The object juts slightly from the wall, hovering between painting, sculpture, and functional form.