Strange Attractors

Steel pins, steel swarf, dressmaking foam, paper

The progeny of two things that are no longer present; the drill and the steel bar, the ongoing Strange Attractor series are the result of research into the industrial revolution, geometry, mathematical theory and questions around identity and underlying, systematic structures.

By-products of a manufacturing process, the steel shards are the result of the same, mechanised action and yet they are all uniquely different; they are the result of the circumstances of a specific moment in time. This repeated action with a continually new outcome says so much about time, choice and ultimately our place in this world; every moment in time is unique, based on what came before, minute changes, encounters and emotional states.

All colours are determined by the process and occur naturally through heat and friction. A form of colour wheel, the colours are caused by thin-film interference and only really show up in natural light, which also means that the colours change throughout the day and depending on light.

Strange Attractor I & II were recently exhibited at Saatchi Gallery, London.