Macclesfield College End of Year Art Show 2009

Interpreting an aspect of the modern human condition 'A Folly' was constructed from plastic drink bottles set within a 7' tall hexagonal wooden framework. The bottles were rescued from landfill and collected in especially designed bins over a 2 month period in Macclesfield College. Following the success of the collection system the college planned to introduce recycling facilities for bottles and cans.
'Follicles' exhibited with 'A Folly' also represents an aspect of the modern human condition. It consists of almost 400 ceramic pinch pots laid out on a bed of sand. The natural rough texture of the clay is preserved with only the internal surface glazed in a variey of shades of blue and green, sometimes irridescent like the pearlised lining of mussel shells. Spread out on the floor the pots lie in waves of colour reminiscent of the surface of the sea. 'A Folly' and 'Follicles', although not directly connected within the modern human condition, have structural similarities; they are both formed from repetitive circular units arranged in waves of colour.