High Pressure
Low Pressure

I produce and operate a "stress relief" machine based on the following premises: firstly, functional objects reflect the verisimilitude of our lives, reminding us of our proximity to others as well as our own labour; secondly, pressure is the force produced when one presses onto or against something continuously, or when one is subjected to an external force that applies a significant weight on an ongoing basis. Resembling a printmaking machine, the machine draws from the artist's experience as a printmaker to create with and under pressure. Viewers are invited to experience the machines pressure as operated by the artist. For the artist, the labour of pressure and the evocation of fear and anxiety together reveal the form of true work.