snail shells and salt boxes

It’s easy to forget scale when you translate your imagery from your sources to your work. It’s also easy to forget how complex something can be. I have spent some time around engines and engine parts enough to feel comfortable around them. Familiarize myself with looking at them in pieces rather than the whole thing as well as their immense size. That's not to say they are all really big, its just that more often than not, its the one you see when you go to the airport. And sometimes the work can take straight from the source. So as I make my work the scale and complexity is eliminated. So the next option is to try and unlock that look for the work. The question is how?

propjets and venturies

To see a simple form is to see potential for its growth. A cylinder can become more than just those simple forms that were all familiar with. As my exploration of the cylinder’s industrial usage continues I’m beginning to see more and more how the cylinder is put to use, and how it only takes a slight variation in order for it to achieve a specified purpose or task. That purpose is what is beginning to peak my interest. This is especially true when it comes down to the jet engine, cylinders are used to make thrust, the power that makes planes float through the sky. It’s incredible the amount of engineering it takes to make these power plants work, yet the basis for it is the same idea as a venturi burner with the addition of propeller blades… dozens of prop jet blades. It’s an interesting connection to make and something that may lead to a greater understanding of the cylinder.

its round

The feasibility of the circle is something we use every day but we take for granted more and more as new innovations begin to emerge in this fast moving society of ours. The new inventions become old relatively fast, but one thing has remained constant throughout the pages of history, the circle. That’s not to say squares and triangles are useless, but the circle has reached dominance over everything else except the line. What we are seeing above is the circle as it is used in industry. Piping, fasteners, and jet engines, they are cylinders, in essence a repetitive circle. Within each of these things lie purpose and with purpose comes a unique look that can only be achieved when given purpose. It may seem paradoxical but it makes sense and makes for a perfect subject matter to mimic and alter.