I’m Jo, the maker behind Maveroose — exploring unexpected material combinations and the traces 
we leave behind through making.

My artistic practice is a continuous enquiry into the entanglements of material, time, memory, and meaning. I am drawn to the possibilities that emerge when disparate materials—those that don't conventionally
belong together—enter into a dialogue.

I am interested in the physical memory materials hold and the traces they leave behind. Working predominantly by hand, I manipulate, stretch, distort, break, and reconstruct, letting marks and imperfections remain visible. Rather than pursuing perfection or repeatability, I focus on an object's uniqueness and its ability to mark a particular moment:  evidence that I was here, making this, at this time.

The work considers permanence and impermanence not as opposites, but as interconnected states. Objects may be repaired, altered, eroded or corroded, continuing to exist while carrying visible evidence of change. I am interested in the tension between holding something together and accepting it may fall apart.

I also question how much meaning the maker can control. An object may begin with a particular intention, but once it enters the world, others can interpret it differently. Through material experimentation and audience engagement, 
I want to explore how objects can hold traces of experience without having a single, fixed meaning.

Ultimately, I am interested in making as an act of presence: making because I want to, leaving traces of the process behind, and accepting that what is made may be interpreted beyond my control.