I was making my own relief maps as sculptures... I wanted to have space and light on both sides of each contour... instead of being joined flatwise together I was able to open them out like pages of a book. I exploded my contours.

Algolid, 1987. Stainless steel.
Pinhole camera image copyright Matthew Zonca 2002.

gallery - catalogue - page nine

Torso III, 1987. Bronze.
Image copyright Effy Alexakis 2002.

I started to do more lyrical, flowing work without the hard-edged nature of contours. My abstracted forms are inspired by plant leaves and seeds, and female forms.

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