Above right, Antique red and bronze vase with fish detail.

Above left, Detail of Making Waves, colours exaggerated   representing the colours of a Shubunkin Goldfish,



Making Waves was based on a Chinese, red and bronze,  antique, glass  vase which had fish detail in the glaze. Rather than the fish being represented in the vase, the form of the repeated vase was repeated and combined such that it reflected the qualities of the fish - the sculpture as a whole representing the sinusoidal motion of a fish through water. The neck of the vase represented the fin of the fish oscillating in a different plane to its body.

The bulb of the vase is reminiscent of antique glass buoys. The twine is used as a play on this nautical theme representing the rope that links the buoys together. These were traditionally used to float fishing nets that capture fish in the same way that the fish were captured in the original vase detail. The red and bronze colouration of the original vase was exaggerated to reflect the colours of goldfish. By using multiples of the repeated cast vase the whole has become greater than the sum of its parts, an enduring theme in the artist’s practice.

Above, Making Wave.  Jesmonite, jesmonite pigments, jute twine.

H180cm x W 60cm x Depth 30cm

Below detail, showing sinusoidal wave of a fish through water.

Above, detail, showing sinusoidal wave of a fish through water.

Below,red and bronze colouration of the original vase was exaggerated to reflect the colours of goldfish.The bulb of the vase is reminiscent of antique glass buoys. The twine was used as a play on this nautical theme representing the rope that links the buoys together.