I have been wanting to make a supersized version of the double kinked bowl for some time but had not decided how to go about texturing the material. I looked into hiring a road roller but decided to see what would happen when getting passing traffic to drive over the stainless steel sheets for me. I've just moved to a new temporary location so the metaphorical connections to travel and new beginnings is a strong one. The interactions I’ve had during the texturing of this piece so far have been great and It’s definitely one way to meet your new neighbours and it helps massively when they get a delivery by a 6 wheeled lorry !
It’s life’s interactions that shape us and send us in all sorts of different directions. Travelling from one state to another, letting go and moving on, encapsulating a state of time, mind and energy. A visual emotive moment captured in metal and the only wear is time and its environment... in the end everything has to let go no matter how hard it is.
One surface is hard and unyielding the other firm yet willing, they aren't equal within there partnership so there interactions will be limited as the material work hardens and so will take less pressure ending in a resistance to carry on in its current trajectory unless heat is applied. With such a big sheet of stainless heat will only buckle it so planning is in order before the next stage is taken...