Hoof

Cavener’s dramatic and often cartoonish anthropomorphic sculptures seek to provoke as often as convey a message, and embed psychological profiles through subtle or overt narrative means. ‘Hoof’ explores a more direct application of the principle — the larger representation of the animal literally reduced to its footprint, shaped carefully by hand from ceramic and hollowed out to become a vessel. The act is a little reminiscent of the trophies and objects collected and created by game hunters, a concept returned to frequently by Cavener in exploring human behaviour. The practicality and utility of the object only adds the possibility for further culpability.