Tying Knots

Following on from the idea of mass production, man vs. machine, repetition to make perfection, I then decided to apply these words to an action rather than an object ('Perfect Sphere').

I chose an action that is essentially very useful and decided to apply it to the same materials used in 'Perfect Sphere'. I decided to tie knots over and over until there was no more material. This then made the action turn from useful to useless due to the sculptures having no purpose.

Each mini sculpture is 124cms worth of wire, electrical cable etc. Each piece was held by its end then tied. Although i was in control of the material I lost control over where each knot went.

I wanted to see if the repetition of the action would create the same item each time mimicking a production line. There were a couple of sculptures that looked similar but none that were identical.

 'Series One: Garden Wire'

'Series 2: Electrical Cable'



'Series 3: Washing Line'