2000-2003.

My fascination with using light in my work deepened and I began drilling larger scale pieces and thinking of how to present them not as a lamp, but as a piece of drilled art.

Vertical Intrusion

‘Protection’

Shards

It was at this time I began to realize the potential for creating complete works by drilling. I quickly became absorbed with what could be done with the tool, every variation had an impact from subtle changes in shading created by varying angles, to more dramatic effects created by size variation and awareness of what to drill and what not..

‘Amy’

I believed I had found a unique way to express my creativity and spent a great deal of time experimenting as widely as I could to discover the potential.