In my current body of work I have been exploring the seductive qualities of handguns - more precisely toy handguns. As an icon the handgun is one of the most recognisable symbols in the world; a generic sign of power and threat. This potential volatility is muted when recreated in toy form.

The inclusion of the handgun form in my work Ammunition for the Everyday [Fire III] questions the position the image/form of the handgun holds in society, particularly the domestic environment. The fact that the gun used in the creation of Ammunition for the Everyday [Fire III] is a toy adds to the dialogue between the self-supported cotton sheet and the indifference with which an iconographical commodity such as the gun is treated.