The ‘dwellings’ series are all room-sized nonagon (nine-sided) domes. I choose nine partly because it leads to satisfying numbers in its geometry. The nine isosceles triangles that make up a nonagon have an apex of 40° and the other two angles are 70°. I like the order and certainty of geometry.

The other reason I choose nine is that it symbolises the Enneagramm, and I was quite intrigued with Gurgieff at the time.

This work was shown as part of the Dependent Rational Animals project with Roxy Walsh. After the show at Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, it was moved to its final location in Westfield near Hastings in England.

This was the second iteration of the igloo bedroom.

The outside of the structure was covered with strips of technical felt. Underneath that was an intricate latten structure blanketed with insulation. This gave it a very quiet and peaceful feeling inside.

Living in the studio was a liberation. But I needed a human-sized quiet, dark space to go to sleep and wake up in, so I made this nine-sided dome. I referred to it as an ‘igloo’ while the I was building it and the term stuck, even though it nothing to do with an igloo other than being a dome-shaped living space. The basic form was built using light timber battens which I covered with insulation, plastic for pond lining and found scaffolding net.

In lieu of a visit, my friend, painter Roxy Walsh, sent me paintings to go inside the structure and with this act, our collaboration ‘Dependent Rational Animals‘ began.

This work was made at https://broomhill-estate.com/ in Devon, England. They run an annual sculpture prize and this was on the shortlist.