Allie Currie

Within my sculptural practice, my obsession with papier-mâché and abstract forms takes centre stage, offering a means to transform and reframe how I perceive the world and my place in it.

Through these quirky organic shapes, I explore the intersection of maternal care and tactile experience in contemporary soft sculpture, reflecting and challenging traditional notions of nurturing, identity and ambiguity. I envision my pieces to be pressed, traced and embraced by viewers, inviting interaction without guilt.

The cow, a longstanding symbol of nourishment and motherhood, has become a central symbol to my exploration of maternal bonds and the often-overlooked exploitation within the dairy industry. My 2.8-meter-high, upside-down furry cow udder represents not only a source of sustenance but also the agricultural ethical dilemmas of confinement, prompting questions about the balance between nurture and control.