Small breath, 1996 is a paperclay reticulum (a little net). It is a precursor to groundtruthings in porcelain. It was a shadow-caster, and when inside, was mounted on a wall to catch the daily transit of light and shadow. In winter, with the low northern Sydney sun on clear days, it was bathed for long stretches in direct sun light.
The Reticulae series from which it came, was partly a response to an interest in the water-carrying tissue of trees, the xylem. In the realm of botanical anatomy, it is made up of cells called 'vessels' or 'vessel elements'. These are carriers perforated for cross-communication between elements. I liked this coincidental language, the idea of the 'perforated vessel' (inside-outside play), and the cellular aesthetics encountered during lab days as a biologist. Small breath carried air and recall, and marked time in light, shadow and private association.
Roses have no teeth 1995-6. Paperclay and metals.
