Exhibited at Under the Full Moon of Late Summer at Mote102, Oct-Nov 2025, featuring work by Emma Macleod and Emily Randall. (Invited artists as part of Mote102 selected programme).

This series features figures encased in solid plaster blocks - monolithic, coffin-like structures. Their rigid geometry suggests a disconnect from the natural world, and feelings of being confined within a man-made reality. It also echoes a recurring motif in Scottish folklore: the transformation of those who stray from the natural order into stone, frozen in time and severed from life’s rhythms. These figures appear stuck and trapped, as if awaiting- or already experiencing- their imminent end.

Photos by Julie Howden

A State of Rest Series

A sculpture of an elderly person's head with closed eyes and a solemn expression.
A small, realistic sculpture of a person's head with eyes closed, placed on a white pedestal. The sculpture has a serene or contemplative expression and the background is blurred.
A small sculpture of a human head with closed eyes, emerging from a white cube placed on an OSB wood pedestal, with a blurred picture frame in the background.
A small sculpture of a person with their hands on their face peeks out from a tall, white rectangular block, placed on a wooden surface with an orange background.
A sculpture of a person with a bald head, closed eyes, and hands covering parts of their face, showing a distressed or contemplative expression, set against a plain background.
Sculpture of a man with a bald head, covering his face with his hands, placed on a white pedestal against a warm orange background.
A sculpture of a person's head and hands, with hands covering part of the face, placed on a pedestal against a plain brown background.
Small sculpture of a human head with hands on cheeks, placed on a white rectangular block, set on a wooden stand against a textured orange-brown background.
A small figurine with a pink face and white hair placed on top of a tall, rectangular wooden pedestal in a room with wooden flooring and a textured, orange-toned wall.
A white plaster block with a small human ear placed in the centre, on a textured beige surface.
An art piece featuring a human face and limbs emerging from a white rectangular surface, with the face at the top, hands in the middle, and feet at the bottom, placed on a wooden floor.
A white rectangular box on a wooden floor with small sculpted human body parts, including two hands, two feet, and a head, arranged on top of it.
An art gallery room with a large window, a standing lamp, a pedestal with a sculpture, a low wooden table with an art piece, and a black fireplace with blue cyanotype artwork on top.
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