Ben’s practice intertwines craft, installation and sculpture to assess how values of tradition in object making can be re-validated in a contemporary context. The work attempts to redefine romanticised perceptions of artisanal labour by making formal linkages between the geometry of traditional parquetry motifs and the geometric representation inherent in computer design and visualisation. Pairing traditional motifs and construction methods with mechanical production processes , he synthesises and aestheticises the contested territories between the handmade and the virtual. The work oscillates between functioning as an altarpiece to fading craft traditions and peculiar prototypes for new and evolving forms.