Surface Items

For ideas created around a specific, personal, or unusual surface that does not fall into the listed options.

A classic surface for pieces that may begin with an image and expand into texture, form, or atmosphere.

For pieces carried by pages, covers, or bookmarks, where illustration, ornament, texture, or narrative detail becomes part of something held, kept, and returned to.

For pieces made as chests, where the outside carries as much meaning as what may be kept within.

Certain pieces call for the weight, light, and permanence of metal, whether shaped as the surface itself or added as a precious detail within the work. Gold, silver, and other chosen metals can be considered as either the main surface or part of the piece.

Created for a specific space, and shaped by its architecture, scale, and atmosphere, whether the direction is classical, contemporary.

A format for works with a narrative quality, designed to be followed across their length and revealed gradually with the movement of the eye.

A shell surface carries natural variation, from soft pearlescent interiors to vivid colours, ridges, and pearl-like formations fused into the shell.

Paint, carving, or dimensional detail can be worked into a dense, irregular material, giving the finished piece grounded physical presence and a quiet sense of permanence.

Grain, cut, and texture create a natural structure beneath the artwork. The piece can follow, contrast, or interrupt these lines, making the material part of the composition rather than a passive base.