Building blocks

Building Blocks was made as a part of a group exhibition of work from College of Creative Arts students from Massey University.

" In celebrating Te Aro through the medium of Textile Design, this exhibition showcases surface patterns as a means of observing and analyzing the urban environment.

To study at Massey, the students have traveled from all over the country; with all of the exhibitors being new to Wellington, this exhibition visually documents how they have connected to the city. Observing and engaging with Te Aro through several perspectives, but fundamentally through drawing, with walking and drawing framed as a mode of encounter with the world around us.

Sketches of the inner city were then developed through the medium of sublimate painting and digital, hand-painted, and collage processes. "

Since moving to Te Aro from the suburbs, I've found that one constant throughout the city is the construction, it being something that is always seen and heard wherever you walk. 'Building Blocks' is a piece focused on the ever-changing and growing city of Te Aro explored through a combination of sublimation inks, paper processing, and digital illustrations. Made in the same form of a soft infinity cube toy I had while growing up, the large sculpture can take on many forms hiding and revealing different prints of different construction sites around Te Aro as it is moved daily.