All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone.
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My touchstone started out being - and is still - exploring the ways by which to make clothing from a single piece of cloth.
I made all sorts of things: drawings, sculptures - I was doing origami before I even knew the word. I was constantly creating.
A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth.
I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.
Where I grew up, there was a mysticism and creativity to everything. Everyone made things with their hands.
I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy world I escaped to where my dyslexia didn't hold me back and my teachers couldn't criticize me. That's how my career as a micro-sculptor began.
A little part of my life is built around ancient art.
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations was a range of tunics, made from silk procured from the islands of Madagascar.
I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
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