The hub cap comes from my own VW Beetle and no.1 was made for the Landfill Art Project involving 1041 artists worldwide and to raise awareness about all the rubbish we produce at an ever increasingly alarming rate.
Forest fires have plagued Greece, destroying the most beautiful areas. They are caused by people, either deliberately, for personal gain or by those who consider forest areas as unofficial rubbish dumps. The forests that surrounded Athens were full of broken cement, furniture, glass…..anything one could imagine but would not expect to find. Glass, a bed of pine needles, 40 degree heat: all ingredients for a forest fire.
In Greece, in every house hangs a ‘mati’ ( Greek for ‘eye’), protecting it and as it hangs it watches….protecting ourselves from our own worst enemy: ourselves.
My ‘Mati’ symbolises the recycling of what we discard , that is destroying us into something that protects us. I would like to place a ‘Mati’ all over the remaining forests of Greece….and those in Sumatra and South America, to.
It is disturbing to feel one is being watched. Especially by an artwork which itself should be the subject of such critical examination.
I would recommend ‘Mati” to be the environmentally friendly alternative to CCTV . Less intrusive but maybe more effective…..?

For me the forest theme took me back to my childhood and the fairy tales we all loved. Forests are lush and full of life; offering excitement and adventure to everyone who enters. However, forests can also be frightening places and strange things can happen there, as like the characters of the storybooks, we go deeper and deeper into the darkness...' 

The forest is a constant but ever changing miracle. Use, regeneration, and further growth are part of its magic.
 I represent this by the creation of something new from old pieces, bottles, cups, tiles, pans and jewellery.
 The circle represents the continuous cycle