Metalwork

Based on the vessel type produced in Minoan Crete, this copper hydria was created with Bronze Age technology during the doctoral research project "The Manufacture of Minoan Metal Vessels: Theory and Practice", 2008-2012.

This portable, wireless lamp was created for the research project 'Search for a Universal Aesthetic' in the Australian National University School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop. The sphere was hammered from sheet gilding metal (a copper alloy containing 95% copper and 5% zinc), the patterns were drilled and the pieces silver plated. The lamp contains high-power LEDs which are powered by a rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery, charged via a socket in the base of the sphere. The pattern on the sphere is based on the natural phenomenon of the pattern of opposing logarithmic spirals with proportions based on the Fibonacci sequence (also called a Fibonacci spiral or golden spiral). An approximation of this pattern is found in the structure of pinecones and sunflowers.

This portable, wireless lamp was created for the research project 'Search for a Universal Aesthetic' in the Australian National University School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop. The sphere was hammered from sheet gilding metal (a copper alloy containing 95% copper and 5% zinc), the patterns were drilled and the pieces silver plated. The lamp contains high-power LEDs which are powered by a rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery, charged via a socket in the base of the sphere. The pattern on the sphere is based on the natural phenomenon of hexagonal close-packing. This is most commonly seen in the structure of honeycomb, where its construction is usually perfect. Perfect hexagonal close packing is mathematically impossible on a sphere, and must be interspersed with seven- and five-sided polygons in order for the pattern to cover the sphere. This structure can be found on some microscopic organisms such as radiolaria.

This portable, wireless lamp was created for the research project 'Search for a Universal Aesthetic' in the Australian National University School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop. The sphere was hammered from sheet gilding metal (a copper alloy containing 95% copper and 5% zinc), the patterns were drilled and the pieces silver plated. The lamp contains high-power LEDs which are powered by a rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery, charged via a socket in the base of the sphere. The pattern on the sphere is based on the natural phenomenon of multi-point-source wave interference. This pattern is most commonly seen when the surface of still water is broken at multiple points by drops of water or by other objects such as stones.

This portable, wireless lamp was created for the research project 'Search for a Universal Aesthetic' in the Australian National University School of Art Gold and Silversmithing Workshop. The sphere was hammered from sheet gilding metal (a copper alloy containing 95% copper and 5% zinc), the patterns were drilled and the pieces silver plated. The lamp contains high-power LEDs which are powered by a rechargeable Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) battery, charged via a socket in the base of the sphere. The pattern on the sphere is based on the natural phenomenon of randomisation, as far as randomisation is actually possible.