Secondnature is a collaboration between graphic designer Ian Turnock and fine artist Susan Laughton. We cross the boundaries of art and design to create innovative and distinctive abstract sculpture. The work is inspired by structure and pattern in nature focusing on silhouettes, shadows and movement of leaf, branch, light and flame. Traditional drawings and digital photographs are used as a starting point. Elements of chance and play are then used to digitally create organic forms. These are refined, developed and then water jet cut into the metal transforming the drawn line into a tangible object. We have worked with stainless steel, aluminium, copper and reclaimed mild steel, using traditional and modern finishing techniques from etching to industrial polishing.
www.secondnatureart.co.uk email: secondnatureart@mac.com Tel: 01260 281208
Jan 2010 Duckett and Jeffreys Gallery, Secondnature sculpture and Maria Silmon (video installation)
Dec 2009 A Feast for the Eyes, Gallery II, University of Bradford
June 2009 Fresh Air, Quenington Sculpture Garden, Glos
May 2009 Art Parks, Saumerez Manor, Guernsey
Nov. 2008 Objects of Desire, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
Oct. 2008 Art in Woodstock Visual Arts Festival, Oxfordshire
Sept. 2008 Brighton Art Fair
Sept. 2008 Mount Pleasant Gardens Sculpture Show, Cheshire
May 2008 Prelude Art Fair, Spitalfields, London
Sept. 2007 Dutch Design Center, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Dec. 2007 Design Initiative: Make Me Live Exhibition, Urban Splash Apartments
Commissions completed for P&O, EDF Energy, Room & Art Cosultants.
Represented by Arts & Business.
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