Art has often been understood as the product of a single maker - a signature in the corner acting as proof of ownership. But what happens when an artwork refuses to belong to just one person?
Some of history's most celebrated works were never created by a single pair of hands. During the Renaissance, artists such as Michelangelo directed large workshops where assistants carved marble and completed significant portions of commissions under the master's guidance. Centuries later, Andy Warhol's Factory embraced the same principle, with teams producing works that ultimately carried a single signature. While art history often remembers one name, the reality has frequently been one of collaboration.
This collection began with a simple question: Can making become an act of collaboration rather than authorship?
Every tile begins life in my studio.
The sculptural lip starts as an original hand-sculpted form, developed through many iterations before arriving at a final design. Once complete, the sculpture is carefully moulded in silicone, creating a reusable mould capable of producing identical casts while preserving every subtle detail of the original.
The process of making these objects has been one of continual experimentation. Over the past few weeks I've explored a wide range of materials - including Jesmonite, Herculite etc... searching for a material that felt both beautiful and honest. While each offered its own qualities, I ultimately settled on plaster.
This is my turn.
The object exists.
The canvas has been prepared.
The artwork is not complete until someone else becomes part of it.
Rather than asking viewers simply to observe, each tile invites participation. Through painting, mark-making, performance or gesture, another person contributes something of themselves to the work. In that moment the tile shifts from being my artwork to becoming our artwork.
This is your turn.
What fascinates me most about coauthorship is how naturally it dissolves the boundaries between artist and audience. It transforms the creative process from something observed into something experienced. The finished work becomes a physical record of two people meeting through making.
There is something incredibly special about that idea.
Nothing meaningful is made alone.