undercurrents
A series of works with steel shards donated by machinists and artists. They are a type of maps or contemporary ‘mandalas’ describing equilibrium, balance, time and the constant struggle between chaos and order. Hand-made from hundreds (sometimes thousands) of steel shards, the result of the same, mechanised action and yet all uniquely different, they are the result of the circumstances of a specific moment in time.
Discrete System, 90cm x 90cm (framed), 2020, metal swarf donated by an art student
Many of the works are based on geometrical shapes generated by a strand of chaos theory maths combing two types of formulas, Sierpinski carpets and Julia sets, one describing symmetries, the other chaotic systems. These unpredictable shapes illustrate a form of mathematical equilibrium.
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, depending on lighting conditions.
Tribology, 54cm x 54cm (framed), 2021, metal swarf donated by artists
Emergence, 52cm x 52cm (framed), 2021, steel shards donated by a machinist fabricating parts for the energy sector
Absolutism, 55cm x 55xm (framed), 2022, steel shards donated by a machinist fabricating parts for the energy sector
Isobel, 45cm x 45cm (framed), 2023, brass swarf from the construction of architect Bjarke Ingels’s houseboat
Julia, 45cm x 45cm (framed), 2023, Steel shards donated by a machinist fabricating parts for the energy sector
Catherine, 45cm x 45cm (framed), 2023, Steel shards donated by a machinist fabricating parts for the energy sector
