Most of the work I make uses materials that are a bit outside of the traditional fine art world.

Materials are very important to me, and always have been.

It's interesting to work with what's important today, which is meaningful for our everyday lives.

My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition, light, colour, the formal attributes of images.

I struggle in life to find a sense of joy in things.

For me it is a matter of respect for the ideas in the work and the people who look at them. I absolutely hate it when works come back to the studio for repair, and I try to make sure that they never do.

I pretty much keep everything; we have drawers full of samples and tests and every old catalogue and magazine.