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 f….

I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics degree I had undertak….

The idea that we can have a new life form, what does it say about the zoo's main purpose, which is to preserve life? What does it say when the artifi….

We always use plywood rather than MDF for structural stuff for the same reasons [stability]..

Quality and longevity are the primary criteria, along with repairability and ease of production..

Now that other people have my works, it's really important to me that what they have has longevity..

In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, t….

I certainly don't see the humour in my work as something that detracts from its seriousness. It's just a way of making difficult messages more palata….

Artists make worlds for people to walk through..

I am particularly interested in the way that the everyday realities of the world around us change these relations..

I usually have several things on the go. Whether it is my own drawings for the next work that I am working on while a sculpture is being fabricated o….

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

I finished VCA at the height of the last big recession in the early 90s, and seeing that I was not going to be able to join one of the dwindling numb….

I would say my work is anti-ironic..

Obviously, I don't make an entire edition all at once, so the studio often goes back to produce editions, but that's a bit different. I guess I'm alw….

We tend to be talking to fabricators in the film and special effects or automotive customisation worlds. That having been said, I'm sure as more and ….

Melbourne is a fantastic place to work, but it's not the centre of the world..

Perhaps because of this, many have looked at my practice in terms of science and technology, however, for me it is just as informed by Surrealism and….

I don't want the ideas to be limited by what I can physically do. The ideas come first..

The illusion of life is crucial for the work, otherwise the ideas wouldn't be able to jump across, people wouldn't engage with it..

As we get older, our world gets smaller and we start to doubt and question. We are really suspicious of difference..