My sculptures embody a paradox, challenging solidity, and sturdiness. Over the years, negative space in my work has evolved, predominantly expressed through round, drilled holes. The circular form carries deep cultural, scientific, and metaphysical connotations. Beyond this, it holds personal significance, rooted in a childhood obsession with my grandfather's 1940s Millers Falls hand drill—an object that still influences my art today. The act of drilling holes into materials, the mystery of opening space where none had existed before, letting light into a place that had been dark and unknown, and revealing new worlds was intoxicating to me and remains a source of deep fascination. I dismantle forms to open them up, introducing lightness and enlightenment. The solid shapes become canvases, with holes and gaps as brushstrokes, transforming rigidity into dynamic expressions of form.

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