Combs

I have been thinking about combs for a while and drawing them instinctively. For me they link in with the idea of artefacts and ancient cultures- the pursuit of beauty, the ritualistic creation of something beautiful and precious to try and turn someone into something beautiful and precious.I think that many of my drawings reflect African inspired imagery, probably stemming from the African sculptures and artwork I grew up around in my family life. For me the style toes the line between rough and hardy and refined.

I had been toying for a long time with the idea of casting and making my own combs, artefacts in counter-intuitive materials, modern materials like sugar and pink plastic, but actually the materials that really interest me are natural ones; metal, clay, wood; for the history that they hold not just in an anthropological sense but also in terms of the material itself having a life and a growth and a relationship with the earth.