Shed a Layer, is a collection of sculpture created in 2017 which was exhibited in a solo exhibition in East London at Fireworks Gallery. The collection is comprised of Lead and plaster casts, Denial or is it restraint - Lead bricks & plaster pillows, There is no ceiling let the water rise tomorrow I will come - Cast iron bath & lead and I admit to conceal - Plaster column.

Denial or is it Restraint?

Lead & Plaster

90 x 35 x 20 cm

This sculpture explores the tension between strength and fragility, pressure and resilience. The plaster-cast pillows mimic softness but are rigid and brittle, while the lead bricks suggest strength yet remain malleable. Stacked in uneasy balance, the materials fold around one another, blurring the line between suppression and support. The structure stands despite its contradictions, reflecting the weight of external pressures and the resilience required to endure them. Through this interplay of material and form, the work questions the boundaries between resistance and submission, stability and collapse, inviting reflection on the burdens we carry in both body and mind.

There is no ceiling
Let the water rise
Tomorrow I will come 

Cast iron bath & lead 

210 x 200 x 60cm

This sculpture embodies tension between escape and entrapment, stillness and movement. The cast iron bath, heavy and rusted, suggests a state of stagnation, its weight mirroring an anxiety-laden body. Lead, dense and unmoving, reinforces a sense of suffocation and permanence. A sand-cast lead ladder rises from the bath appearing as a means of ascent, yet offering no real escape. It is a paradox of hope and futility, questioning whether it is a way in or a way out. The work captures the cyclical nature of emotional struggle, where moments of possibility dissolve into resignation.

I admit to conceal 

Plaster

365 x 40 x 40cm

This towering plaster pillar embodies resilience and fragility in equal measure. At first glance, it stands tall and strong, a symbol of endurance after a prolonged period of stress. Yet, upon closer inspection, subtle cracks begin to reveal themselves - imperfections that speak to the hidden toll of struggle. The work explores the tension between outward strength and internal vulnerability, questioning what we choose to reveal and what we keep concealed. It is a quiet admission that survival does not come without scars. This sculpture was exhibited in my first solo show Shed a Layer in 2017 at Fieldworks Gallery in London Fields.