We were always told we had to work hard,
make the most of your talents
and I remember, I think it was my mom telling me
do whatever makes you happy.
So I pretty much stuck to that one
and wound up here
just me and the sandflies.
This is the collection.
These were from one of my favourite parties.
We had this epic food fight.
A lot of marshmallows got thrown
so I found some about two years later.
And they're quite dry, so I'm going to turn them into something.
So they're just there to remind me.
These are my beard balls,
so through the years they've been getting greyer.
So I want to do something pretty interesting with them,
because you wouldn't want to throw that stuff out, would you.
I think I've always managed to keep that sense of curiosity
about life.
I'm just curious about how things work,
how materials work together.
Perspective and scale is quite fun to play with.
Momentum, physics, motion...
I still find science magical.
Get your head around electromagnetism and stuff.
So you can pretend you can move the feather without touching it,
by using 'the force'.
I like trickery.
It's always interesting to see what works on the page,
that doesn't work in real life.
So I think it's pretty good for your brain
to try and think three dimensionally
with movement.
Life is movement.
I see a still painting that doesn't do anything
and to me it's kind of dead.
I just want to get that little thing moving in there
that's going to draw your eye
and give it some more life.
Replicating natures movements and things
and trying to get that connection to people
that'll make them look at something
and just feel it.
I love the way nature can sort of guide you.
So nature's kind of got all that sorted.
We need a better connection to nature
or we're going to lose it.
Sit for the sound of the Kakapo.
Crazy sound.
Yeah, I think that one might be my favourite one.
And to be a tinkerer, you have to have
a little bit of understanding of many things...
a little bit of plumbing, a bit of electricity,
a little bit of carpentry,
a little bit of lots of things.
And try and join them together to make something.
Tinkering with intent.
It's just a positive, friendly term that I like...
tinkerer.
A lot of the comments I get from people
coming through the gallery, are that
I've managed to bring out the inner child in them.
That's pretty good,
that's a good feeling.
You wonder what they do with that once they leave though,
if they just go back to their life or they've got a bit more spark?
Make some changes maybe? I don't know.
Hey, that one worked.
It's a coin sorter.
This is more fun than I remembered.
I'm no life coach, but
living simpler would be one way
to achieve a lot of peoples goals.
Realising what you need,
which is not generally what you're taught at school what you need,
food, shelter, clothing and a reason to live.
Those sort of simple things.
It's believing in yourself.
Not being judged by what you do as a job sometimes.
Finding what makes you happy
and pursuing that.
I think meaning for me is just having a worthwhile
fulfilling life I guess.
Yeah, I'm just waiting to be discovered.
Then I'll take myself way more seriously,
and you'll hate the work I do.
It'll be so conceptual.
Something to look forward to, hey.
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