6x4

6x4 Dealing with functional objects. 6x4 is a conceptual design label. The name describes the dimensions of the label: 6cm by 4cm.

A large range of functional objects are made under the name. The label began with the making of one-off clothing pieces and remodelled garments, but has since expanded into the making of shoes, accessories, furniture, crockery, perfume, jewellery and homewares.

6x4 (sound) https://soundcloud.com/6x4online

30/07/2026

FAUST ON TRIAL

Doctor Faustus and Mephistopheles are on trial, trapped in a cage, presided over by Helen of Troy. Faust sold his soul to the devil centuries ago and now he wants it back. Each night the audience gets to vote for which actor goes home to their own bed, leaving the other locked in the cage with a folding mattress and a composting toilet.

This feels particularly poignant as we approach one of the most pivotal elections in the history of this country. Over the past three years we have seen this government attack our most vulnerable communities, dismantle protections for the natural world, ignore the urgent advice of professionals, and repeatedly dishonour Te Tiriti o Waitangi. They have pushed a record-breaking number of reckless and damaging bills through parliament under urgency, allowing them to bypass the scrutiny of select committee. They have changed the rules to make it more difficult for people to exercise their right to vote.

They have made it clear that they want to erode our democracy.

Because they are afraid of the power we hold when we exercise it.

So please, I urge everyone to register to vote. Even if you think you are registered, check your details online. WE CANNOT REGISTER TO VOTE ON THE DAY AND WILL BE TURNED AWAY. Ask your friends, family, neighbours, workmates, and acquaintances if they have registered and checked their registration.

We must practice and protect our democracy for there are forces that wish to take it away from us.

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It has been a joy to be the costume and set designer for Faust On Trial. I am in awe of Josiah, Stella, and Jonty who have crafted this powerful and energetic show with inspiring and infectious devotion.

11 - 16 August

Te Matatiki Toi Ora, The Arts Centre

Pay what you choose tickets on Humanitix

7pm every night, additional 10am, 2pm & midnight showings on some dates

Jonty Coulson is Doctor Faustus
Josiah Morgan is Mephistopheles
Stella Cheersmith is Helen of Troy
Ethan is Faust and Mephistopheles

Soundtrack for this video by B G

28/07/2026

The second part to the video I made for the projection wall at Te Ara Ātea for 'The Soil Addresses Us As One', a collaborative show with Georgina May Young Christine Brimer and Gina Russell curated by Erin Lee

This is a shortened version which focuses on organic indigo and other natural dye plants. A full length version will be on my YouTube channel.

Gina is now working on a very exciting project called Papahoa Fibreworks with seonaid burnie continuing to grow organic linen and natural dye plants, as well as offering a natural dye service, fibre, and natural dye materials!

26/07/2026

In 2024 I started filming the organic textiles and natural dyes project Growing Textiles of a dear friend Gina Russell

I wanted to document the process of growing fibre from seed, telling a story about textiles that we rarely get to hear when we are so far removed from the origins of what we use and wear in our daily lives. 

It was a deeply profound experience.

Throughout the season we worked towards a collaborative show with Christine Brimer and Georgina May Young called "The Soil Addresses Us As One' at Te Ara Ātea, curated by Erin Lee using the materials that Gina has grown at the The BHU Organic College

Through working with these materials I was able to understand how we can become connected to place through the work of our hands. I had never worked with materials directly from the soil, from a place I knew, grown by people I knew. Through this process I gained an embodied understanding of how textiles have played such a huge part in connecting us to the land, to each other, and to our identity throughout history. This was a sharp contrast to the modern fashion and textiles industry, which is inextricably tied to colonisation, slavery, environmental destruction, and culture loss. 

Projects like this remind me that the part of our humanness that loves storytelling, loves the earth, loves to dress, and loves to craft is never far away. 

It can not be taken away from us because it is inherent to who we are. 

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I am so grateful for my friendship with Gina and all those who I have met through this project. For the show at Te Ara Ātea I made a video work specifically for their 15 metre long projection wall. This is an shortened, edited version which focuses on linen. A full length version will be on my YouTube channel.

Gina is now working on a very exciting project called Papahoa Fibreworks with seonaid burnie continuing to grow organic linen and natural dye plants, as well as offering a natural dye service, fibre, and natural dye materials!

04/03/2026

M O O N B L I N D

Last night I watched our planet cast its shadow on The Moon. Very few humans have had the chance to view Earth as a whole but those who have often report a profound shift in perspective as they see our fragile blue planet hovering alone in endless space. The overview effect. All of our joy, grief, ecstasy, war, disaster and triumph taking place on this lonely sphere. No divisions, no borders, no passports: just one planet, one ecosystem.

As I watched The Moon turn copper red I felt like I was looking into an obscure mirror. We rarely have opportunities to feel the size of our planet. Perhaps when we contemplate a photo from space or glimpse that graceful curve from a small window on an international flight. I watched that same curve as it cast a shadow across the face of the pale moon. It gave me a sense of the Earth as a mass in space, in relation to the sun, in relation to the moon. Then emptiness between these bodies became apparent, the endlessness of space beyond, unfathomable. Somewhere in that shadow was me. Somewhere in that shadow was every single one of us. That distant mirror watching us, knowing the planet and all its inhabitants to be one.

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I finished making this blind for the bedroom window on the evening of the blood moon. I used leftover fabric from the large jogakbo-inspired patchwork screen I made to fit the window in the gallery of the Dowse (over 4 x 6 metres in size!). As light from the sun and moon filters in through the circle, arriving from millions of miles away, I hope it will always be a reminder of this overview effect.

04/02/2026

THE VESSEL
An upcoming show at

We are living in times of profound, unprecedented loneliness, where the myth of the individual self claims to offer paths to success and happiness but ultimately works to isolate and disconnect us from ourselves, each other, and the world. We feel alone and wonder what is wrong with us, rather than interrogate the society that offers little potential for community-building, shared storytelling, and collective dreaming. When we examine our environment it quickly becomes clear that nothing is individual or separate: everything is connected through a complex web of relationships, even our bodies rely on a whole ecosystem of microbiota for survival. We are not alone. We are part of this world and it is part of us. This show is not about my work as an isolated phenomenon: it is an ode to the network of connections that have shaped my world and creative practice, to those who have come before me, and to those who will continue to create, share, and listen to stories for as long as the human race exists. When we can find moments of connection, despite the tides of disunion and confusion that try to keep us apart, we feel the boundaries of our personhood become permeable. We sing, longing to melt into the great ocean of being, and feel the walls of our empty vessel reverberate with the song of the world.

I warmly invite everyone to the opening

Friday 20 Feb, 6pm

Come dressed in your most extravagant outfit!
The one you never have an occasion to wear!
Whatever makes you feel like your best, truest self!
A celebration of embodiment!

Free return bus service leaving from Te Papa on Cable Street at 5:30pm, returning at 8pm. First come, first seated

Please RSVP to [email protected] by 16 Feb

In the spirit of togetherness, I have invited dear some friends to create a collaborative public programme on the 21st and 22nd


Details to come!

Thanks to the friends who helped with this shoot
Camera: Francesca Logan
Photography: Bri Leone-Rhea Lawrence
Assistant: John Harris

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