The Shattered Wing Mirror series was inspired by a shattered wing mirror I found on the street outside my London studio before the pandemic.

What interested me in the mirror was its contradictory elements. It’s there to protect and is strong, however it is vulnerable in its position on a vehicle and can be fairly easily broken, as this one had. Aesthetically, it is shiny, has soft curves and displays exciting views of fast-moving urban life and serene nature, yet it’s functional and utilitarian and a legal requirement to have one on every vehicle. 

Initially I began experimenting with the object and made it into a necklace with some electrical tape and black wire.   

The series began with photographs and evolved to include painting and printmaking.

Looking back at this body of work I can see that I was using the shattered wing mirror to capture the world during and immediately after the pandemic. Life was starting to resume back to normal, but everything appeared to have changed or was fragmented in some way. The distorted reflection was an unachievable glimpse of nostalgia before the pandemic when we felt freer and were not behind a mask and afraid of being close to each other.