Petri Latex Series
The Petri Latex series symbolises my obsession with creating reactions and marks that capture energy in a moment by combining both an artistic and scientific approach. The work is borne out of an obsessiveness with detail, alchemy and the potential of the material.
Experimental process in the Petri Latex Series
These newer works investigate the use of colour to change the resulting work while maintaining a repetitive process, ie. all the dishes are created using the same process but the colour changes to create gradation
Multiples in transition
These newer works investigate the use of colour to change the resulting work while maintaining a repetitive process, ie. all the dishes are created using the same process but the colour changes to create gradation
Obscurus I
2020. Presented in Lightbox and shown as part of the Surface Details Project at Banks Mill Studios and the Lalley Gallery at Erewash Museum.
This set is characterised by a rich contrast in details from sharp to blended within the layers of the latex.
Obscurus II
2020. Presented in Lightbox
Obscurus III
2020. Presented in Lightbox
Earlier Sets
Deep Black
2017
These works are concerned with the idea of repetition and how different results are created using the same inputs in process and material. This is a development of the ideas used in the iteration series of work and it fascinates me how the different dishes end up with unique a composition and dynamic.
Working with multiples
2016
These works are concerned with the idea of repetition and how different results are created using the same inputs in process and material. This is a development of the ideas used in the iteration series of work and it fascinates me how the different dishes end up with unique a composition and dynamic.
Collaboration
2016
While in India during 2016 I was fortunate to meet Aakshat Sinha, a New Delhi based artist and curator during a workshop I ran, organised by TAEP. The resulting work 'Reflection' combined the processes of both artists and bought a new dimension to what they both aimed to achieve. It has been shown in New Delhi and Jaipur, India.
Petri Latex - Initial Experimentation
My work in 2015 focussed on honing the different techniques I've developed, these were created in larger dishes to incorporate form more strongly and to more clearly understand how the material and the dynamic of the liquids. 48 dishes were selected to form the basis of my investigation into the use of light to transform the dishes and my first lightboxes
