As a visual metaphor for the cyclical nature of artistic thought, Eclosion reflects the ebb and flow of inspiration and destruction, birth and death.  much like the natural world’s unending rhythm of growth, fruition, and decay. Each piece in the series, while unique, is inextricably linked to the next, embodying the constant evolution of thought and creation.

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The Eclosion series stands as a meditation on the cyclical nature of creation, birth, growth, decay, and renewal. Derived from the process of emergence, eclosion captures the moment when life unfurls from its shell, the metaphorical breaking of the mental chrysalis in which ideas, long incubated, come forth into form. These sculptures are both vessels and progenitors, carrying within them the seeds of future creation. They are not static objects but symbols of the perpetual cycle within the artist’s psyche. Each sculpture is conceived as an act of genesis, its form a manifestation of thought emerging into material reality.

The process of ecdysis, the shedding of old skin, sculptures undergo a similar metamorphosis, each iteration shedding its previous identity to embrace an evolving narrative. In this shedding, there is a liberating potential for the artist to transcend previous constraints, much as the sculpture breaks free from the raw material it was once contained within.

Anthesis, the moment of full bloom, is the zenith of creative energy—the point where an idea is fully realised, fully visible, at its most radiant. But like all blooms, this flourishing is a fleeting one. It holds within it the implicit knowledge that it will wither, decay, and, through its own dissolution, become fertile ground for future creations. Thus, Eclosion is not merely about creation in its first form but speaks to the perpetual cycles of the mind, of thought, and of self. Each sculpture in the series, like the flowers of the field or the shedding skins of the serpent, is a visual metaphor for the artist’s spiritual and intellectual journey. It is a process that is never complete, only ever unfolding—each sculpture a momentary bloom that holds within it the promise of the next, a symbol of the endless evolution of both the artist and their work.