Artist Statement
The Pillar explores how a single vertical line can reorganise an entire environment. The sculpture’s slender, faceted surface catches fragments of sky, trees and stone, stretching them into a shimmering column that feels both architectural and organic. By mirroring its surroundings rather than dominating them, the work behaves like a living barometer of light and weather—never the same from one moment to the next.
Placed in a natural setting of grass, palms and boulders, the piece acts as a quiet axis between cultivated garden and wild hillside. It invites slow looking: from a distance it reads as a pure geometric form; up close, the rippled metal reveals an intricate, liquid micro-landscape where the viewer’s own reflection dissolves into the scenery.
1/1 Installation
Ideal for outdoor installations such as private gardens, sculpture parks, hotel grounds or public plazas.
Works best with a clear visual “run-up” (lawn, pathway or open forecourt) so the vertical can be read against the sky.
Surrounding plantings and rocks are not merely background but “material” for the work; varied foliage, seasonal colour and strong sunlight will maximise the reflective effect.
Night lighting (uplights at the base or grazing side light) transforms the column into a luminous vertical, extending its presence into evening hours.
The base should be structurally anchored below grade while remaining visually minimal, so the pillar appears to grow directly from the ground.
1/2 Relational Works
Mercury Column – a more compact vertical exploring similar reflective tensions.
The Column – a larger, monumental outdoor version in an industrial landscape.
The 7 Acts of Chaos – a constellation of tilted reflective elements in a garden setting.
Landscapes – wall-mounted mercury panels that translate the same wave patterns into horizontal compositions.
