Royal Academy of Engineers – Artwork commissions.
Following a redesign of the Royal Academy of Engineers’ Pall Mall headquarters, I was commissioned to create artworks for both the Fellows Room and Conference Room.
‘Roots’ artwork
My first piece for the RAE, I was commissioned to create an artwork celebrating the ‘roots of engineering’. The final piece is formed of the 16 mathematical equations that changed the world, and without which, engineering as we know it, would not exist.
I worked with New North Press to print the equations on deckle-edged hand-made paper, which were then framed in box frames with a live-edge acrylic back plate, developed by framing wizard Tim Blake. The final touch was a bespoke hanging system that floated the frames 20mm from the wall, allowing the live edge acrylic to glow.
‘Elements’ triptych.
I was commissioned to create this piece for the principal conference room. It represents the basic elements of engineering: where maths meets materials. The composition uses Fibonacci’s golden section mathematics (for the perfect proportion) and uses the four key materials at the heart of engineering: timber, ceramic, metals and plastics.
I worked with art fabrication specialists Big Soda to create the triptych. They developed a unique process for each material. Wafer thin copper was seamlessly wrapped onto hardboard for the metallic panel and an ingenious concrete paint finish used to create the stone segment. The pieces are finished in bespoke steel tray frames.
