I chose to make series of construction cranes in glue for several reasons. Firstly cranes are everywhere, they feature in many peoples experience of the world especially living in a city and constantly being surrounded by building sites. They are part of another significant creative act, that of building, in an environment that is predominantly male. Their movements are endlessly fascinating as they weave, arch, put down, pick up, tirelessly drawing in space. I like their dualities: destroy/construct; static/mobile; airy/solid; horizontal/vertical.

Made out of glue using a glue gun, the sculptures are inherently flimsy, weak and vulnerable, in opposition to their real life counterparts. My cranes are lacy, mostly delicate, fragile structures that have an eery translucent quality. Totally dysfunctional, they bend , bob and droop struggling to carry their own weight let alone anything else. In the transition to art object these strong dependable structures have been emasculated.