"One moment you're the 'subject', the next you're the 'object', which in turn allows you to see yourself as someone else."

My work has become more autobiographical over the last two years, I suppose I've wanted to be able to view my situation like I would someone else's, to try and take a step back and see things as they really are and also not to skate around the facts that I don't like but to document them and be faced with them as a means of self-reflection.

Within these areas are taboo subjects such as transgender and tranvestism; I've used these subjects as a metaphor for the ever-changeable system of life. I've looked at the subject of transgender as it's the most obvious transition from one thing to another, visually and psychologically.

A lot of patterns and everyday objects show up in my work — for example, lightbulbs, toasters, plugs and heaters; these are quite domesticated appliances and have a lot to do with the normality of everyday life, they are something that everyone can look at and recognise and feel some sort of connection with.

The lightbulbs relate back to male and female gender questions as the male is the plug and the female is the socket fitting, I really like this idea of inanimate objects relating back to people and their sexuality. It might not be so literally obvious, but it is an underlying mainline throughout my work. Along with sexuality the theme of incompleteness crops up on a daily basis in my work, as some of the figures have no arms or legs or they will have body parts pasted onto other objects. The idea that we are always moving, always transforming from one thing to another, has always captivated my imagination.