Torsion / silvered

Mounted behind AR70 and fitted with a hidden subframe
From an edition of 12
Size can be varied on request
 
Around the time he 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 his 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 individally tessellated components, each one containing a unique interior glazed detail, are partially torqued to form the final image.
 
He 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.