Blue Ion Wave : Perspex, blue translucent perspex, french enamel, lead splashes, silver powder, fixtures : 100 x 25 x 8 cms overall : 2007
This is a four layer inclined perspex sandwich. Layer 3 is in ice-blue translucent perspex and layer 2 has large horizontal and oblique lead solder splashes that interact one from another.
Inclined as if flowing water, the piece cascades both in its topmost wave form but also electrically in the gemmated relationships of the inserts on layer 2. The blue perspex is dotted with evaporation rings of spirit dye, emulating the graviational pseudo-force, that increasingly lose focus as they increase in size.
Details below :
Note : In these images the solder splashes appear dark - they are in fact very shiny.
This is due to the need to reduce reflections in the perspex during photography.
