Tagged: Kinetic

April 18, 2015

Suspension

‘Suspension’, Bronze, card, wire, and copper, 2015

October 13, 2014

‘The Dirigible’, Brass and lead, 2014

‘The Dirigible’, Brass and lead, 2014. Private Collection.

May 13, 2013

Tokyo, Fairground Sculpture – Chairoplane

This piece is a work in progress, but influenced from a weird chairoplane ride I saw in Tokyo.

March 10, 2013

Various

In Progress stages of works, including Nodding Donkey, Water Tower, American Windmill Etc.

Also installations including Wind Farm. This exhibition also features paintings by Sean Penlington, which we both curated together.

Oil Rig, Water Tower, Nodding Donkey & paintings by Sean Penlington

Nodding Donkey by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Ceramic Gull and Gilded found wood

Oil Tower & Ventilator by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood & paintings by Sean Penlington

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood

Fog Horn with ‘Ear’ Wax by Alex Wood & Paintings by Sean Penlington

Oil Tower, Bronze and Slick

Water Tower (In Progress)

March 3, 2013

CATACLYSM – The Bear Pub Friday 8 March 2013

CATACLYSM
The Bear Pub – Friday 8 March 6-8pm
296 Camberwell New Road, SE5 0RP
Buses 36, 436 and 185 from Vauxhall Bridge Road to Sacred Hearts School

Featuring: Kelly Akers, Jennifer Hawkins, Cheryl Papasian & Alex Wood

CATACLYSM, Friday 8 March 6 – 8pm

February 3, 2013

Nodding Donkey

These images below are ‘in progress’ where I have been incorporating motors. I have combined unusual materials including carpet gripper with in this piece.

Detail of Nodding Donkey

Nodding Donkey

February 3, 2013

Wind Farm

Wind Farm Model – Creation in Progress
This involves an unsteady floor and kinetic elements including fans.

Wind Farm (In Progress)

Wind Farm – Detail (In Progress)

January 21, 2013

Untitled (Ventilator)

This creation is partially inspired by the tubing structures that feature in factories and other settings similar to that.

It incorporates found metal, glazed ceramic and electric fans which I intend to control through a programme on an Arduino.

Ceramic - Detail of Ventilator

Ceramic Detail

Untitled (Ventilator)

December 6, 2012

American Windmill

I have begun working on a series of models of redundant architecture, or what could be redundant in the future…

The first of these is an American Windmill – Water Pump.

The Oil Spills out the top…

November 30, 2012

Oil Rig or Platforms

I have begun to create oil rig type structures or ‘platforms’, exploring the idea that they could become redundant in the future, and also an awe of their intricate structure. They are colossal and most are decommissioned. However some are for sale:

“Well-maintained 20-room platform for sale. Panoramic sea views and a Heli deck.”

“If it is not purchased, the North Sea drilling platform will have to be decommissioned and disassembled by the current owners.”

This really interests me, and I have begun to create kinetic models using low-fi materials. Combined with the low-fi materials are also bronzes, and fine porcelain with gold lustres and gilded elements. It creates a juxtaposition between the materials.

Porcelain and Gold

Wood and Bronze

September 25, 2012

APPLIED IMAGINATION, 111 GT TITCHFIELD STREET

INSTALLATION VIEW of “CONSUMERIST CULTURE” by
PAPASIAN WOOD
APPLIED IMAGINATION, 111 GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET

Cheryl Papasian and Alex Wood, (collaboratively known as Papasian Wood) have exhibited together for several shows including Lots of Lollys in Delfina Gallery for the 2012 Bermondsey Street Festival. In this exhibition, Papasian Wood collaborate by creating a piece titled Consumerist Culture involving a rock climbing wall and colourful ceramic plinths. It incorporates bright lights and glossy surfaces that reflect the slick façade of contemporary society.