Reliefs

This image,as mentioned under the geometric paintings post, was used as a basis for an investigation into different materials and their reactions under certain stresses. The 'tiles' were made as reliefs.

The Collection

plaster, cement, mortar, steel, ice, perspex, alginate, float glass, wax, 

house sand, soil, 3/4s to dust, compost, beach sand, wood ash, 

estuarine tidal mud,leaf litter, fibre glass mesh, printed silk,

each minimally 17 x 17 x 2 cm

2011

A series was made in different materials. Where possible they were exposed to some form of distortion. A selection is given below

Mildly slumped float glass

 

Heavily slumped float glass

Steel

Wax

Slumped wax

Others were made in plaster embedded with different natural materials.

 A selection is given here.

House sand

Soil

Compost

Estuarine Mud