'Bottle Dome' by David Gray

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By Signature Art Prize 2019/20
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

90 × 15 × 90 cm

Materials:

Glass, concrete, wood and metal

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Sculpture

Medium
2019
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This work is currently shortlisted for the Signature Art Prize 2019/20. If you wish to purchase this piece it will be available after the 13th February 2020. About the artist: An interest in material processes and learning through experience informs my work in an explorative search for quality and efficiency in form and function. The observation of the effects of light with the natural forms in plants and water is my source of revelation and impetus for new works. After a period of specialism in ceramics I sought a diverse cross-disciplinary practice to resolve design and sustainability issues and achieve new forms, effects and statements on our material and inner worlds. About the work: Bottle Dome is designed to make us rethink our relationship to waste and to see the value in everyday items like jars and bottles. The current practices of glass recycling take as much as 70% of energy needed to make a new bottle. In response, I developed glass upcycling method that utilises the pre-existing forms of bottles, which changed the way I saw waste. The ability to adapt glass is empowering, offering the ability to make what you need rather than consume. Building on pavement glass from the 60’s, this interactive piece looks at optics and shadows produced by glass bases that are set in concrete. Angled jars and thick bottles were cut and polished and set in an octagonal dome to create another level of optics focused onto the participant. It allows them to investigate the different visual effects as the shape and thickness of the glass morph the light in unexpected way and experiment with light and shadow. The Bottle Dome pushes us to build an appreciation for bottles and consider alternative uses for glass waste. Through consideration, imagination and creativity in upcycling, much of our waste need never be waste, instead new avenues to reduce our consumption.

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