College has left little time for personal practice of late but I have managed some scribbling. One of my recent assessments was to illustrate a quote and was surprised to receive Roy Batty's epic and memorable final-curtain speech from Blade Runner. This is not that illustration, however the research I went in to inspired this one. It opened up the thought provoking arena of artificial life and all it entails, from the controversy of genetic tampering to the very value of life.

I started this work with a mind fuelled on inquiry, one that had been disgusted by an article about partial-birth abortion and had also seen a lot of Giger. I came back to it after having seen the second Transformers movie and I suddenly had a pressing need to make something explode. There are effectively two works going on here.

The title and name of the embryo supporting machine are in reference to the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick



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