Everlasting Gold Top

Constructed from bamboo, ply, and ceramics, Everlasting Gold Top, is a free-standing sculpture that viewers are encouraged to circumnavigate. Produced in an oversize scale, the mushroom aims to depict a novel and stylised manifestation of a psychedelic experience.

The sculpture makes reference to Psilocybe cubensis, a mushroom known for its psychoactive properties and distinctive gold-hued cap. A second reference pays homage to the everlasting gobstopper, featured in the 1971 film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. In a nod to the film, the mushroom’s cap incorporates hand-sculpted ceramic decorations, comprised of seven motifs in seven colors. These motifs reintroduce symbols from prior work, exploring themes of paternal loss, ancestry, and birth.

The artist’s ongoing use of gold serves as both a reference point to the subject matter and a link between the physical and unseen world.