The portrait head or bust, as a concept, is intimately tied to ceramic art. Clay is often used as a proxy for the physicality of flesh and has the capacity to articulate cultural perspectives and social engagement. These intricately decorated porcelain heads are elevated by related pedestals that provide a larger canvas to continue their individual stories.

Incorporating the European pagan concept of the Green Man, the foliate heads are the embodiment of change and possibility. Speaking to the inevitability of transience and the inherited threads of code that perpetuate both culture and identity

The surfaces are decorated with symbolic depictions of Australian flora and fauna, hand painted with under-glaze, within structured patterns. Within each pattern is a story. Taking influences from contemporary and historical accounts, current affairs and stories that fall within the paradigm of fairy-tale. They may be narratives about small things that affect only a few or big stories that impact everyone.