Osedax Heights are a series of sculptures made from materials salvaged from areas of regeneration. They are formed into totemic forms that act as a transitional beacon between the old material identity of the neighborhood and that of the new. Osedax is a species of bone worm found in the Benthic zone.  They live in the bones of fallen whales and slowly restructure them over time as they consume and carve the lipids buried within the bones. In the subtitles of the works are Geotags or clues to the areas where the materials are salvaged linking the fairly generic source materials in a globalized world market to a sense of place and time.  An ongoing project, these simple forms have been made in response to several neighborhoods in London, UK and Toronto, Canada.   

Osedax Heights 11 (Vyner street raft) 164x27x18 cm, 2016

Osedax Heights 10 (vyner street raft) 132x26x17 cm, 2016.

Osedax Heights 11 (Vyner street raft) 164x27x18 cm, 2016 [Side view].

Osedax Heights 10 (vyner street raft) 132x26x17 cm, 2016. [top view]

Osedax Heights 09 (polson street). 126x35x20 cm. 2014.

Osedax Heights 09 (polson street). 126x35x20 cm. 2014. [detail view].

Osedax Heights 08 (Polson street) 98x27x13 cm. 2014.

Osedax Heights 08 (Polson street) 98x27x13 cm. 2014.[detail view].

Installation at VS Gallery, Toronto in 2014.

Osedax Heights 06 (51°31'56.9"N 0°03'25.0"W). 132x26x17 cm. 2013

Osedax Heights 03 (51°31'56.9"N 0°03'25.0"W). 164x27x18 cm. 2013.

Osedax Heights 03 (51°31'56.9"N 0°03'25.0"W). 164x27x18 cm. 2013. [top view]

Osedax Heights 07 (NHS Offices Bermondsey). 164x36x28 cm. 2013.

Osedax Heights 04 (Bermondsey NHS offices). 122x19x2cm. 2013.

Osedax Heights 05 (Pimlico Grey). 92x22x24 cm. 2012

Osedax Heights 02 (Pimlico Grey) 102x24x26 cm 2012 [side view]

Osedax Heights 02 (Pimlico Grey) 102x24x26 cm 2012