Torsion / silvered

From an edition of 12, plus 2 APs
100cm H x 83.4cm W
 
Fitted with a Diasec mount to Perspex and an open tray frame
 
 
ARTIST STATEMENT
 
Around the time I drew Torsion, I was experimenting with the idea of multiply processing new drawings in a sequential or linear series, as opposed to a parallel process.
 
The idea for the drawing comes from a number of places, certainly natural forms like wheat or barley, but also from the modernist sculptural work of Walter Leblanc, and my idea that if you heat up a thin rectangular bar of steel, and torque one end through a number of rotations, whilst clamping the other end firmly, the resulting form will be a hugely satisfying candy twist of metal.
 
So it is with Torsion, rectangular columns of individually tessellated components, each one containing a unique interior glazed detail, are partially torqued to form the final image.
 
I made the final editions in a deep indigo glaze, and a silvery white variation, and in their larger REZ versions, the works tend to be cut into three equal panels, which I hope emphasises the sculptural nature of the drawings on the wall.