kŷma | illuminated stratiforms

My practice explores pattern and ornament through craftsmanship and computation. I examine the evolution of patterns; understanding their origins and how they have traversed cultures and continents over centuries. Geometry, structure and systems of repetition are central to the practice, enabling high levels of complexity through underlying simplicity. 

Much of my interest lies in breaking with the structures inherent in the work in order to create new ways of looking at ornamentation; symmetries broken, motifs deconstructed.  In this piece a complex lattice of repeating and reflecting curves was developed. I sought to ‘unravel’ the pattern, allowing the underlying structures to be exposed, extending individual lines so that they undulate across the surface; suggesting a disintegrating fabric.

MATERIALS: Papers, gold leaf, ink
DIMENSIONS: (CM) H:150 W:105
YEAR:2025
PRICE INDICATION: prices for this series start from USD 20,000