A surprising and beautiful by-product

I have been sanding some of the surfaces of the casts in order to make them smooth and flat.

On completion I realised that the pieces of sandpaper that I have been using are rather beautiful themselves. 

The pastel shades work well against the dark grey, and the trio work well together with the same colour scheme but the varied textures. 

This is a good example of when not having an intention, and being open to unexpected elements can bring exciting results.

Chance Finds Us at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

Chance Finds Us
2 May 2014 - 4 September 2014

Above image: James Hugonin, Binary Rhythm (IV) detail, 2012- 2013, Private Collection, USA, Courtesy the artist & Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh.

An artist led project by eight North East based artists who work across drawing, installation, painting and sculpture, who have all adopted systematic strategies in their practice. The artists in this exhibition all look at the opposition of order, intuition and the implication of the chance encounter. Artist include; Anne Vibeke Mou, James Hugonin, Alex Charrington, Richard Rigg, Rachael Clewlow, Sarah Bray, Peter J. Evans and Nick Kennedy.

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