Tuesday 29 April 2014

Gel Geode







Transparency (cellulose acetate), sticky tape, plastic shopping bag, and scented styling gel.

This geodal structure is a prototype, a continuation of the series through variations in form, and material. The polyhedral shell is constructed from 72 transparent triangles, with the vertices highlighted by a gel that sits between the walls and the lining.

A platonic solid, this icosahedral figure is an entity from the metaphysical realm of the Forms. The abstract structure is an object of the mind revealed, like a shared hallucination. A form constant, one of several geometric lattice patterns, which usually only emerge during altered states of consciousness.

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Friday 4 April 2014

Spatial Order II





Pen, ink and gouache on paper.

Drawings that started as plans intended for paintings, have become independently interesting. These extruded structural forms, iterations in a serial process, follow an evolving system of rules.

Balancing complexity as it builds, I can see future patterns.

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