‘Tetrapods’ - Slipcast hand-carved bone china forms.
Materials:- Bone china, concrete (base).
Dimensions:- w22× d15× h16cm
A common feature around the coast of Japan, is the use of ‘Tetrapod’ coastal defence systems – where multitudes of identical interlocking cast concrete forms are placed in piles to act as ‘break-waters’. My ‘biomorphic’ four limbed modules settle naturally amongst one another, locking themselves together into one unified mass, just like the rather ‘cold’ and austere concrete versions that inspired them.
Making.
The process of slipcasting requires that a plaster mould is made in order to cast multiples of a given form and before this a ‘master’ form is first modeled (in this case clay) from which the first mould is taken.
For more on how I create my works, look out for the ‘Process’ page that I will be adding to the website soon. In the meantime there are a number of posts about my making methods over on my Instagram feed. Click the Instagram icon below to visit.