Siporex

Siporex — autoclaved aerated concrete — is an industrial building material: cheap, light, used to make insulating block walls. In Paul's hands it becomes its opposite: a substance for miniature architecture, treated as if it were soft stone.

He carves it into small block compositions: stacked towers, walls with apertures, the occasional curve. The material's air-filled body lets him cut quickly and without dust — a property he likes for its quietness. Some siporex pieces are paired with iron wire or sit on a green canvas like an architectural model awaiting context.

Six works in this series remain — small in number, but distinct in tone. They sit on the threshold between sculpture and study.