The title of this work is taken from John Wyndham's book about the invasion of dry land by creatures from the abyssal deep – but the work itself is pure Tennyson: an ancient abyssal ('abysmal') creature, sleeping for millennia amongst sponges and enormous polyps, its giant arms feeding on huge sandworms, now risen to the surface to be seen by Man and the angels, to die.The synthesis and characterization of short peptide-based maquettes of metalloprotein active sites facilitate an inquiry into their structure/function relationships and evolution. Kraken pursues that moment between balance and flight where the precise distribution of mass, form and space activate the sculpture: a creative engineering that aims to imbue a potency of lightness, of energy and action. Inspired by observation of the natural world, this work embodies complexity, movement and a sense of motion frozen in a moment of time. The creatures inhabiting the seas are the inspiration for this dynamic abstract exploration of nature and the laws of physics and biology: of resistance to the crushing weight of the deep ocean, of the lightness of a soaring rise through the open sea, of arrival at the inhospitable surface. The Kraken Wakes is part of my continuing investigation of ideas on perception, of things that engage the forces of nature, of things that change and grow.
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die. Until the latter fire shall heat the deep Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.īattening upon huge seaworms in his sleep, Huge sponges of millennial growth and height įrom many a wondrous grot and secret cell The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee (48cm high x 17cm x 42cm for public sculpture approx 9m high) Timber and cardboard maquette Commissioned 2012 by Mirvac Developments for 'Era' in Chatswood NSW To us, this is the one remaining example of that which was lost. One fragment has been found, the others are still missing or perhaps they have been found but we don't know where and when. It is a metaphor for what is lost and found - the subject has been broken into many fragments and these pieces scattered to the four winds. Long-dead, its broken spine tossed and broken by the force of the waves, one of the pieces has now washed-up on our beach. Inspired by observation of the natural marine world, it is intended to embody complexity, movement, an unfolding – a motion frozen in a moment of time.įragment can be viewed as the skeletal relic of some ancient creature come to life.
#MAQUETTE LENGTH SERIES#
The core of this continuing investigation is a series of solo shows, the first of which, Metamorphosis, was held in 2012 at the Brenda May Gallery in Sydney and the second, Carapace will be at Brenda May's in 2014.įragment pursues that moment between balance and flight where the precise distribution of mass, form and space activate the sculpture – a creative engineering that aims to imbue a potency of lightness, of energy and of action. It is part of my continuing investigation of ideas on perception, of things that engage the forces of nature, of things that change and grow. Fragment is an enigmatic piece of something large, something unknown and undiscoverable.
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