Exhibited at The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show,

July16th - Sept 21st 2025, Burgh House, Hampstead

Bones, grenades and sexualised objects recur as symbolic forms, disrupting the familiarity of architectural ornament. During the World Wars, hand grenades were colloquially known as pineapples because of their segmented form. The pineapple had long functioned as a decorative motif within Georgian and Victorian architecture, signifying wealth, hospitality and the prosperity derived from colonial trade. Here, these overlapping associations collapse distinctions between ornament and violence, exposing the systems of power concealed within decorative traditions.



Reconfigured as architectural relief, the installation transforms symbols of bodily vulnerability into the language of ornament. In doing so, it asks how architecture can both memorialise and obscure the histories from which it emerged, revealing the enduring presence of colonial violence within Britain's built environment.