Created during lockdown and during the cold winter months, ‘Awake’ was initially created with a feeling of compression and of being tethered, hence the vice-like supporting structure. The frozen winter days however brought forward a sense of awe for the life awakening outside the window. The form of ‘Awake’ takes its energy from the hopeful image of seedlings and bulbs beginning to push through the frozen soil and knowing that winter’s grip would soon be broken. The artwork was created entirely upon the supporting structure, linking, curling and responding to the compression.