continuum

The series considered the shaping of form as an expression of a field of forces. This led to the production of sculptural works in which the phenomena of gravity was considered as a field-like condition that defines the interaction of materials within three-dimensional space. In these works, the shaping of sculptural form was seen to be the product of the balancing of the external and internal forces acting upon specific materials as they responded to the earth’s gravitational field.

This idea was developed through the manipulation of stainless steel mesh in which tensile elements were carefully balanced to create the elastic transformation of surface planes into three dimensional objects. The pieces were designed to interact with the dynamics of architectural and urban space, either as fields of geometrically arranged arrays, or as monolithic forms whose presence challenge the existing architectural order.

Such a consideration of the nature of form and the dynamic relationship it has with the space it occupies, alluded to the development of a sculptural practice that could engage with large-scale public artworks and the architectural void spaces of the modern city in ways that would charge these urban spaces with gravitas, expression and meaning.