Functional Lighting – Modern Contemporary Recycled Art
Fed up with today’s disposable world and influenced by the 1940’s adage of ‘make do and mend’, together with the functionality of that period where aesthetics were influenced by function, Colin called upon his training in mechanical engineering, art and film to reinterpret previously purely functional lighting objects to give them a new unity which is primarily aesthetic.
Functional Art Influences
Other influences for Colin’s functional art include the kinetic work of ‘Jean Tinguely’ and his sculptural machines, David Smith’s scrap metal assemblage, Anthony Caro and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Current art and experience
Colin’s training in mechanical engineering, art and theatre design has become a board from where much of his work springs. He currently splits his time between sculpture and special effects for film and television, where he can find himself working in environments ranging from Ancient Egypt to Victorian Britain and he draws upon these experiences within his art.
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Kinetic 1
Floor based electric kinetic mechanical work, mapping our architectural industrial history combining utilitarian ghosts of the past exorcised into a purity of aesthetic form.
173K
Functional electric sculpture. Armoured steel punched with high explosive representing love and death on the battlefield bringing a gritty reality to our industrial past.
Vane 1
Echoes of our industrial past using simple mechanical technology to raise life-giving water from deep underground is represented in this piece together with the light without which we would surely become extinct.
50high 17 wide x 10deep
Kinetic 2
Floor based, one-off kinetic electric piece haunted by the functionality of an industrial purely vocal former existence based in the archeology of our seasonal heritage. Focusing on the fragility of our own existence reminiscent of a former utilitarianism. 69 high, 60 wide, 26 deep
Recycled steel, aluminium and concrete
Copper Tree
A floor based urban representation of a natural form. Twisted copper emerging from an oak cord pierced with inverted copper spikes. Deep routed fragility of life.
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