I undertake a limited number of commissions each year.

Grounded in material intelligence, natural history, and long engagement with systems of collection and care, each project is shaped through sustained inquiry into context. Time is given to research, testing, and material development, allowing outcomes to emerge through the same processes that underpin my wider body of work.

These are not a separate strand of production, but an extension of ongoing studio activity, developed through processes of reconstruction, observation, and material precision.

Projects take the form of gallery works, scientific collaborations, or commemorative objects. Each is developed with the same level of material attention and structural complexity, resulting in outcomes that are precise, considered, and materially enduring.

Enquiries for private commissions are welcomed via the Contact page.

Vitis vinifera L. var. ‘Arbane’

This commission was developed for a South African private collector whose practice centres on exceptional artisanal skill.

Sculpted in beeswax, the work depicts an Arbane vine, a rare and ancient white grape native to the Aube region of Champagne. The design draws on historic scientific illustration, supported by photographic reference material of living vines supplied by Drappier vineyard, one of the producers involved in the grape’s ongoing preservation.

Nearly lost to viticultural history due to low yields and late ripening, Arbane survives through the sustained cultivation of a small number of growers and is now undergoing a quiet resurgence. Rendered in wax, the work becomes a study of rarity, continuity, and custodianship, where botanical survival is inseparable from human attention and time.

Materials – Beeswax, paraffin wax, steel bar, tinned copper wire, plastazote, tissue paper, cotton thread, artists’ pigments, acrylic paint, acrylic varnish. Mounted in a glass case with a metal frame, painted wooden base and hand-engraved copper label. 

Dimensions – 42 x 26 x 41cm

Date – 2024