Tangled matter (conglomerates)
A rock draws a path across a beach. A shard of ceramic pipe nestles into the neck of a once-was bottle. Tangled tentacles cascade down an eroded brick that was once clay, that was once sand, was deep underground, hauled out, compacted, mixed, fired, stacked, lived on, lived in, discarded, disregarded, forgotten.
Inert, invisible.
Water buffets round it, ripples rippling, tumbling sediment onto slick glass, tumbling, dulling, smoothing, tumbling. Iron oxide leaches out, seeping, seeping, eddying down river, into the reservoir, into still-shiny pipes, into your glass of water.
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #1 - March 2021, 130x105x100mm, brick and air-drying clay
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #2 - March 2021, 115x100x70mm ceramic and air-drying clay
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #3 - March 2021, 110x110x150mm, ceramic and glue
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #4 - March 2021, 120x120x100mm, brick, stone, paper mache, acrylic paint
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #5 - March 2021, 90x90x45mm ceramic, rock, glue, airdrying clay and sand
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #6 - March 2021, 70x50x95mm, eroded tar, rubber, ceramic, glass, slate, glue and air-drying clay
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #7 - April 2021, 100x100x100mm, brick, ceramic, glass, stone, glue and sand
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #8 - April 2021, 130x70x30mm, unidentified rock/metal, glass, glue, air-drying clay and sand
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #9 - April 2021, 135x120x95mm, stone, unidentified rock/metal, glue, air-drying clay and sand
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #10 - September 2021, 120x90x120mm, sand, glue, eroded bricks and other miscellaneous found items
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #11 - September 2021, 110x100x120mm, sand, glue, eroded bricks and other miscellaneous found items
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #12 - September 2021, 200x180x150mm, air drying clay, sand, glue, found objects and materials including bottle tops, a sea glass marble, a fragment of a 3D printed item, a section of metal railing and ceramic fragments
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #13 - October 2021, 200x120x120mm, glue, acrylic paint and sea glass
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #14 - October 2021, 140x110x170mm, glue, acrylic paint, miscellaneous eroded brick and stone, and seaweed
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #15 - October 2021, 170x160x160mm, air drying clay, glue, acrylic paint, pencil, miscellaneous found items including an eroded brick, sea glass, fragments of ceramic, a metal tag, a plastic stopper, and charcoal
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #16 - November 2021, 140x150x220mm, air drying clay, glue, pencil, miscellaneous found items including sea glass and fragments of ceramic
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #17 - November 2021, 220x190x120mm, air drying clay, glue, pencil, miscellaneous found items including sea glass and fragments of ceramic
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 - November 2021, 360x360x380mm, air drying clay, glue, pencil, gesso, miscellaneous found items including rusted metal conglomerations, sea glass, eroded bricks, driftwood, a metal grill, and a concrete-stone amalgamation
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (alternate angle)
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (alternate angle)
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (detail)
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (detail)
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (detail)
Tangled matter (conglomerates) #18 (detail)
Tangled Matter #13, Tangled Matter #14 and Untitled (drawing) on display at the Goldfish Bowl Gallery’s show Introduction, October 2021