Liquid-Crystal: Mesophase

Digital Vector Image.


Liquid crystals are a state of matter (phase) that have properties between those of a conventional liquid and those of a solid crystal. Shown here, the phase transition (liquid/solid) is occurring. A sample of the material was placed between two crossed polarizers; the sample was then heated and cooled. The crystal and liquid crystal phases will both polarize the light in a uniform way, leading to brightness and color gradients.

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Synthetic Progeny: Iamond Composition

Junk Geode II : Cuboctahedron

Poster board and metalized polyester film.

The junk geode mimics the geological form of its namesake, a cavity inside rock that contains various crystal minerals such as calcite, pyrite, and dolomite etc.
In this iteration the containing geometric solid is a cuboctahedron, a polyhedron with eight triangular faces and six square faces. The crystalline interior is imitated by metalized polyester film which can be manipulated by hand within its shell.

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S.O.1 : Synthetic Organism

Watercolour, gouache, pencil and ink on cardboard.

We are synthesizing DNA to create the first synthetic organism, a prototype of artificial life. SO1 has no specific function, but once it is alive we can customize it. We can go back to the computer, change a gene and create another variant. New life forms are generated by simply entering a sequence of keys.
 

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/ɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Vector Image.

An ordered sequence of symbols that can be interpreted as a message, the information of this pattern relates to the biological process of binary fission which is the subdivision of a cell into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts into separate cells.

Here the cells move downward in a chain, increasing complexity one unit at a time.

The cellular pattern maintains an order of inheritance from parent to offspring.

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Organic Tessellating Cell: Unit 1

Digital vector image on cardboard.

Devised for a hexagonal grid, this folded skin connects on all six sides, tessellating and extending into an imagined infinity. The organic form is contained in one cell on a two-dimensional plane. The placement of connecting folds was adapted from a series of hand drawn tiles originating from an isometric grid.
The view of the many tiles appears as a window onto an unseen skin, a cut into the fabric of reality, like a hole in a skull revealing the brain.
 

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Drawing With Video

Ballpoint pen on Office paper, A6


During my part time work over the past five years as a video store clerk I produced a volume of A6, biro drawings like these. Using A4 office paper quartered and torn I recorded my ideas in hours of boredom and continued progressing my aesthetic.The format was small so I could fit the drawings in my pocket for discretion around management, this size also allowed for an immediacy which pushed my style and was conducive to any impulse.

Now having finished this job, with another store closure, I intend to arrange the best of these drawings (having kept them in a chronological stack), scan them and produce a book under the title Drawing With Video.

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