A Sentry stands guard against foreign invaders.

My Sentry series was inspired by white blood cells that engulf and ingest invading microbes through a process called phagocytosis. The work is a playful exploration of these essential immune functions.

These cellular forms could be alien creatures from outer space. I enjoy the concordance that could exist between looking down a microscope to examine an inner world in miniature, and then gazing through a telescope to see distant celestial bodies.

These sculptures are fabricated combining two different types of clay and ceramic techniques. The brightly coloured 'foreign bodies' are cast with layers of coloured porcelain and then sandblasted while the main structure is built by hand in stoneware with a textural glaze on the surface.

Each work is named for a type of bacteria from the Staphylococcus genus.