Copper, vitreous enamel, spray paint and wood.
Cake: 24 x 24 x 40cm
Installation: 70 x 100 x 70cm
2016-2019
This trilogy of copper and enamel Victoria Sponge cakes serves as a dialogue between past and present, layered with social commentary like the buttercream that bursts from their seams.
'Arsenophobia' confronts the health concerns stemming from industrialization. Its poisonous green hue conjures the deadly arsenic that once adorned Victorian wallpapers and speaks to the widespread chemical adulteration that continues to permeate our contemporary society. The graffitied message "Non marte sed arte" ("Not by force but by skill") invokes the spirit of James Nasmyth, father of the steam engine—a reminder that innovation and destruction often share the same hands.
Copper, vitreous enamel, spray paint and wood.
Cake: 24 x 24 x 40cm
Installation: 70 x 100 x 70cm
2016-2019
This trilogy of copper and enamel Victoria Sponge cakes serves as a dialogue between past and present, layered with social commentary like the buttercream that bursts from their seams.
'Arsenophobia' confronts the health concerns stemming from industrialization. Its poisonous green hue conjures the deadly arsenic that once adorned Victorian wallpapers and speaks to the widespread chemical adulteration that continues to permeate our contemporary society. The graffitied message "Non marte sed arte" ("Not by force but by skill") invokes the spirit of James Nasmyth, father of the steam engine—a reminder that innovation and destruction often share the same hands.
