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'Avodah'
(Hebrew - Work, worship, service)
Installed in Edinburgh College of Art, May 2018
530cm x 555cm x 241cm
Pine wood
For this public exhibition, I constructed a large-scale structure made entirely of pine. Initial, intuitive diagrams,
were distilled down into a single design, lifted from the page and worked out in space. Each element of the narrow verticals was turned on a lathe by hand, communicating directly the importance of repeated, meditative acts of physical labour within my making processes. Harnessing and then honing skills, materials were worked out into a pure, simplified construction that reflected the experience of making whilst considering worship as a means of craftsmanship.
Verticals guide the eye up and draw the audience in, whilst horizontal arcs beckon each visitor closer, surrounding them in this silent formation of lines, encouraging an audience to pause before they are released back out into the room.
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