Project Space: Biomorphic Sculptures

Biomorphic Sculptures in Sustainable Paper‑Clay

Domnall Starkie is an artist and designer from Derry whose practice focuses on sustainable materials, upcycled processes and making environmentally conscious work. Having received Immersive Arts UK (Explore) funding, he has been able to bring that material‑led practice into developing sculptural elements for an immersive experience that uses gentle sensory technology.

Domnall is spending a focused week working in the Project Space as a studio at CCA Derry~Londonderry, developing new non‑toxic, upcycled paper‑clay seating forms and immersive sculptural components for the project. I’m hoping to recreate the kinds of sensory experiences we get in nature — gentle light, ambient sound, organic forms and tactile surfaces — in a way that can offer people uplift, novelty and cognitive ease. This phase of the work explores how sensory cues and biomorphic forms can support accessibility, inclusivity and environmental responsibility. Working in the Project Space is giving him the space to focus fully on making and testing ideas in a studio environment; he is refining seating prototypes, experiment with sustainable material blends, and shape components for an immersive installation centred on wellbeing.

Supported by Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Garfield Weston Foundation and Immersive Arts UK (Explore).