Marriage A la Mode (after Hogarth) (2017)
Photo Credit Jonathan Turner
3D SLS printed hand, gold ring, gold chain, glass and powder coated steel base. Dimensions: 1.20m x 80cm x 60cm, gold chain 12ft.
A giant 3D printed hand pinches a gold ring held aloft by a twelve-foot long, delicate gold chain. The ring simultaneously evokes the social contract of marriage, the ambitions of alchemy and the Midas touch. The suspended ring, transfixed in a timeless moment, is an impossible proposition; it cannot be possessed nor released.
Exhibited
Gestured, Chetham’s Library, Manchester, (2017) Commissioned by Arts & Heritage (Meeting Point 2)