As with the meditation devices these began as something to keep myself busy with between the productions of other work, and were primarily one offs which started to share characteristics and evolved into a stand alone series of works.
These pieces reflect and manifest a personal interest in various cultural beliefs; particularly tribal fetishes, Buddhist holy sites, Maori holy stones, Dayak head-hunter trophy houses and numerous other worship systems.
The Soul Vessels act as metaphorical storage, and also as metaphor for thought and memory and its travel through one’s consciousness.
