ISOBEL CHURCH
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Arch Form 
Jesmonite, pigment, stainless steel, paint 
50x8x120cm

Drawing from the form of a mechanical engineering model, a jesmonite cog rolls its way along a miniature topographic landscape of the grand canyon. Giving material form to the negative space above the canyon, the imaginary landscape of the wheel interlocks with the landscape, providing a moving visual echo of the undulating ravine. ​

The title Arch Form is borrowed from the musical term denoting a sectional structure for a piece of music based on repetition, in reverse order. Creating symmetry around a central movement, the arch form engenders an interplay of memory and progression.
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  • Isobel Church
  • The Vanishing Act
  • Messengers
  • Arch Form
  • Unswept Sky
  • Scribe
  • Dreamers
  • Siren
  • Nine Worthies
  • ex nihilo
  • Odes
  • Strange Contents
  • Passages
  • Archive/Other
  • Contact
  • Projects/CV