Imaginary Oil-Rig Conversion (pod detail) [2005]
glue, plastic, perspex, figure

The details that come from drawing with a glue gun are an integral part of the sculptures and distinguish them from their true architects model cousins. The end result is intentionally unpolished they belong in the hand made section where process is important. All the blobs, wobbly lines, uneven floors and hairy texture are preserved and encouraged.

My oil-rigs are the most playful and the least practical of all the models as opposed to their real life cousins, the oil-rigs and forts, whose forms are entirely based on function. I have an idea to build a huge, concrete oil rig sculpture in my front room that would have its own show over a weekend, during which time no normal domestic activity could take place because it would be taking up all the room!