Above / Below marks the next iteration in the embryonic Tree Series that began with the centrepiece Tree Cabinets in 2025’s The Storm, the Craft and the Future exhibition. The cabinet depicts a tree through inlay, extending beyond the visible trunk and canopy to include its root system and collapse the separation between above and below. By presenting the tree as a continuous structure, the cabinet reveals both what is normally seen and what remains hidden beneath the surface. The tree is understood as a complete system rather than a singular image.

“What’s normally hidden is made present in this cabinet, which perfectly encapsulates my Latent Space Theory by contrasting latent versus manifest conditions. The veneer represents the tree using natural grain and colours, with the visible and hidden systems made simultaneous.”

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