The blob is a fictional being that is at the very core of my current practice. Through this character, I attempt to explore the notions of identity, vulnerability, comfort and protection. The blob primarily manifests through sculpture as a non-gendered bodily figure that morphs, changes and shifts between each iteration.

An element of my practice is to interrogate the lore behind the blob and answer questions about their existence. I understand the blob as being an ‘immortal’ entity that has no fixed body. The blob derives from an insecurity of the body and is a personification of the interior space within the bodily form. The blob is brought into existence by the hands of their creator. The newly ‘born’ blob exudes a certain vulnerability as they are easily chipped, dented or broken. The creator fixes them, nurtures them, protects them and cleans them. A distinct feature of the blob is that they do not have a face and therefore, they cannot see, breathe, smell, hear, taste or speak. They can only feel.

The process of making allows the blobs to become ‘alive’ through the acts of sculpting, casting, carving and sanding. These acts or ‘rituals’ of creation feel gentle and intimate, as if they are acts of love, nurture or care towards the ‘being’. In this sense, my work explores the relationship between the artist and the art object. There is this feeling of meditative calmness that I experience during the creation, which gets passed on through the blob to the holder. In its rawest sense, the blob is a serene creature that is created to comfort fellow bodies – including my own – and in return, be comforted, protected and loved.