Flow is available in a number of variations: cerulean base, cerulean silvered, deep base, indigo black, silver base, silver base XL, silvered and triptych.
About Flow
Drawing Flow was a breakthrough moment for me. It was the first piece that spoke directly to the idea of drawing glass, using translucent glazes, and layers of transparencies, that in some way capture the excitement of seeing a great piece of studio glass, or contemporary stained glass, in an environment where light plays across and through the surfaces.
The idea of trying to catch some of that light and drama in a piece for the wall has been something I’ve been trying to achieve ever since. It comes down to the way the colours are lit, the use of shadow and highlight, and of course the metallic base paper and plexiglass I use to help bounce light back into the room.
Flow takes the smallest of glass objects, a child’s marble, and blows it up, with repetition, to make a kind of glazed Op piece that I hope captures a singular lyrical movement as it rises from left to right across the image, twisting and deforming as it does so. Initially, I made the silver base and deep base versions, swiftly followed by the triptych, silvered and black variants.
It’s become a series that I keep returning to, almost like the shuffle play on Spotify that keeps coming back to the original artist choice every fifth play.
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Flow / SQ / cerulean silvered is one of a pair of smaller studies I made, alongside Flow / SQ / cerulean base, partly in response to a beautiful small Serpentine print I have here, by Bridget Riley. She made an edition of 200, and sold them on the opening morning of a show at the Serpentine Gallery, and as a fan, I duly queued up to buy one, I have #126 I think. It’s a modest square print, that holds a space on the wall next to the window in my living room, a small beacon that illuminates my days and evenings, and has been doing so for 25 years or so.
Flow in situ
Price and dimensions
Flow / SQ / cerulean silvered is a metallic Lambda photographic print, optionally mounted to Plexiglass and Dibond, and fitted with a hidden subframe, ready to install. The edition may also be fitted with a bespoke, laser cut, Opal 30 Perspex frame.
Work can be supplied unmounted and ready to frame if you’d prefer.
The work is individually signed and numbered verso, with both a unique catalogue raisonné number and the edition number for guaranteed authenticity.
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From an edition of 24
Image size ⋅ 44cm H x 44cm W
Artwork only, ready to frame ⋅ £780
Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a hidden subframe ⋅ £980
Mounted behind Plexiglass and fitted with a laser cut Perspex frame ⋅ £1,200
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Dimensions and framing specs can be varied on request, to suit your space.
Please do get in touch here if you’d like to discuss possibilities ⟶
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