Revelation, 2017

A few years years ago I decided I needed to collaborate with academics to really immerse myself in cutting edge research in order to create work with a specific context rather than the broader sweep I had been working on. Following a successful grants for the arts application to Arts Council England I began a partnership with a series of academics/students at the University of Sheffield. The project Revelation was developed exploring bio engineering and regenerative medicine to both inspire the creation of new art work and to present the research to a wider audience.

The work in this collection is inspired by bio engineering and Reproduction as I have continued to develop work in the last couple of years around fertility and infertility.

This project developed discussion around the research and its applications for clinical use and my collections open up that debate into a wider context and involve the general public in such discourse as they initially engage with the art work as a tactile, colourful sculpture and once involved in the piece then feel more comfortable in generating discussion about how they both react to the research but also its vision for society.