Sphere, 2001

The cycle of destruction to reconstruction is imbued in his work. He has used the contents of Owl droppings that are obsessively manipulated to hold a fragility and beauty that denies the violence of the initial kill, hovering between image and fragment they function within a macro-micro understanding, harnessing natures aggression, converting it into the new.

"When he reaches out to encompass contemporary politics, Mackie's work becomes more engaging. Made using medieval house building materials - mud, straw and horse manure - a model of Washingtons Capitol Hill is visibly cracking; the imperfections of American democracy are mapped on to its seat of power". Martin Herbert, Reviews, Time Out London, March 30 – April 6 2005


"The universally recognised symbol of democratic harmony and world power is therefore rendered as something flawed and primitive. As such, Mud Hut can be seen as a critique of Western democracy and American foreign policy.
Most of Mackie's sculptures work in this way, setting up interactions between medium and content. The subject at first looks familiar. But on closer inspection its parts suggest a different, often diametrically opposed chain of associations". Colin Gleadell, Object of the week, The Daily Telegraph, March 7 2005

Its what they would have wanted, 2004

- What’s your problem iceman
Skull, turquoise, jasper (16x20x16cm)

- Sphere
Mouse skulls (21x21x21cm)

- Stetson
1/700 scale US bombers (30x30x18cm)

- Mud hut
Mud, straw, horse manure (135x76x76cm)

- Fun Day Times
Newspaper (190x118x55cm)

- Its what they would have wanted
Rodent leg bones collected from birds nests 30x30x30cm)