"The Uniting of Separation and Unity 2"

Pōhutukawa root from a fallen tree in Auckland — the second work in the Unity series.

A single root, split lengthwise and rejoined side by side. Two halves of the same thing, separated and reunited — the form itself enacting the idea.

The Uniting of Separation and Unity is a body of work rooted in a single, profound idea. Unity, as John Allen understands it, is not something imposed from outside. It is something arrived at from within — through the willingness to open oneself, to do the inner work, to release what no longer serves. It is in that process of individuation that the paradoxical deeper realisation emerges: that beneath the surface of individual experience, we are not separate at all.

Finished with natural oil and wax to deepen the grain and tonal variation, the surface retains its organic presence while offering a soft, tactile sheen. A singular piece grounded in material honesty and quiet strength.

Pōhutukawa root · Oil and wax · 820 × 550mm