Maker; Mark Mcleish
Title; ‘Time to Shine’
Date; 2013
Materials; Silver, Nylon, glass, sand, plastic, resin, steel, paint
I became fascinated with the data for the planet ‘55 Cancri e’ (the diamond planet). I was inspired by how the involvement of both time and heat promotes the planets identity and map its life span.
The planets year lasts for only eighteen hours and experts say the planet will not last. I wanted to create a piece of work that exploited time; creating visual notions to explosives and a tension of change.
The materials I have used all have origins with heat; the blown glass the cast silver and the thermal reaction with resin. This became important in the making process as well as echoing a connection of order and chaos.
The piece was timed to be made to completion within the diamond planets year (18 hours).
