Shine, Natural Occurrence series, Bronze, silver plated, 30 x 30 x 30 (cm), 2010, image © Nick Moss
Shine explores design that begins neither with the product nor with the person but in the ‘charged’ space in between.The final object renders the transposing the everyday unseen narrative, encapsulating the beauty that exists above and apart from the material world.Shine considers the nature of the event rather than the objects function.The research investigates the exploration of the integration of new digital technologies and traditional craft processes. Shine questions the immaterial properties of a reflective specular highlight; in this case the subject was a metallic Victorian candelabra. The reference information was generated through documenting the reflection by using raw data via a planar 3D scanner. When scanning a metallic object the laser beam is unable to distinguish between the surface and the reflection. The protrusions represent the varying intensity of the reflection. Shine considers an object, its interpretation, misinterpretation and reproduction back to object. When we look at Shine, we need to consider the notion of what is a ‘correct’ reproduction. Sculptors and artists have had the opportunity to explore interpretation and abstraction and Shine carries on this tradition in the digital world where high resolution precision has been disrupted using the nature of the materials and processes themselves
Public Collections
Exhibition Installation
Power of Making, V&A, 2011
Dallas Museum of Art, Permanent Collection
LabCraft, image © Designboom