Residency

Self-directed 2-month residency July- August 2024, in the Gorges du Verdon National Park, to make experiments and research for BREAD. The residency took place in a remote location with limited access to tools and materials, rich in natural resources. I used reclaimed wood from pruning and local clay. Thanks to Emilie, a local potter, who helped me with the firing. I developed sculptural breads inspired by Roman charms / amulettes that were believed to bring luck, wealth, and fertility. I used black lava sandstone and edible charcoal powder in the dough, and I burned the wood of the small table/plinth, which I built to present my work. I wanted to keep the archaeological aesthetic that inspired me at the start of BREAD, when I saw the petrified loaves from Pompeii.

Workshop

In October 2025, I’ve been invited by TACO! gallery and The Hundred Club, to lead a sculptural bread workshop for children aged 3 to 12 years old, at Bostall Garden community centre, South East London. The children prepared the dough, which was coloured with natural dye, such as turmeric, beetroot and spinach juice, and charcoal powder, which they sculpted and baked. They also created a table runner, using natural pigments, that was used to dye the dough. The session ended with a feast where everyone was breaking bread, eaten with various spreads.

Show

Credit photo Anna Lukala

Let’s Dough It! installation and durational performance for Body Work, end of the year show which closes a 18 months alternative master’s at TOMA – The Other MA, Southend-on-Sea.

My work is “Micro-Industrial”. I am dissecting the mechanism of fluctuating boundaries defined by a capitalist society when it serves its own progress, developing a body of work for collective experience.

I am using survival skills as production in open source, bringing ancient crafts like baking or creating basic tools into a place of performance, most recently in kitchens or through performative dinners.

In 2024, I explored dough as a medium when I joined TOMA- The Other MA- cohort, to sculpt female body-shaped bread loaves, mirroring female labour and ancestral knowledge that people have dismissed.

My installations and performances centre around sculptural breads, food and ceramic vessels, and I invite the public to slice and taste the sculptures to interact with my work at a sensorial level.

Videos are integral to my work, using varied media for storytelling; from textiles, found objects, oil painting, ceramics, drawing, photography, and writing. 

Langue de Veau sauce Piquante , Video loop part of Let’s Dough It! installation.