shine, 2010
image © designboom


geoffrey mann is a scottish artist whose fascination with transposing the ephemeral nature of time and motion
has created a studio practice that challenges the existing divides between art, craft and design. his recent project
'shine' uses digital techniques to investigate reflective properties of a metallic object; in this case the subject was
a victorian candelabra. a planar 3D scanner was used to document the reflective information, which was in turn
used to create a rapid prototyped form, which has been cast. when scanning a metallic object, the laser beam is
unable to distinguish between the surface and the reflection; the spikes representing the intensity of the reflection.
'shine' renders the impossible, encapsulating the beauty that exists above and apart from the material world.



shine, 2010
image © designboom



shine, 2010 (detail)
image © designboom

shine, 2010
natural occurence series mfr. bronze cast, silver plating
35 x 27 x 30 cm
powderhall bronze, hamilton & inches
edition of 3 plus 1AP
photo by nick moss

'shine', 2005
natural occurence series mfr. bronze cast, silver plating
35 x 27 x 30 cm
edition of 5 plus 1AP
photo by sylvain deleu

Shine 2010 - Powderhall Bronze Fine Art Founders - WIP from Studio Mrmann on Vimeo.



cross-fire teapot, 2010
image © designboom


mann's 'cross-fire' series utilizes the possibilities digital technology offers to examine the intangible characteristic
of the spoken word. the work investigates the unseen effect of the sound of speech, focusing on an audio excerpt
of a domestic argument, sampled from the film 'american beauty' (1999).

the inensity of the argument's sound waves are digitally mapped and materialized using rapid prototyping
and then the forms are cast in a range of materials. each object encapsulates a momentary emotion of the argument.
the once-static tabletop forms are deformed into objects of unseen familiarity.




cross-fire teapot, 2010
image © designboom

cross-fire teapot, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire teapot, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone



cross-fire jug, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire jug, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire bowl, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire bowl, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire plate, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire teapot, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype z-corp, car paint
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire wine glass, teapot and knife
image © designboom




cross-fire cutlery, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype resin, nickel plated
photography © stuart johnstone



cross-fire fork, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype resin, nickel plated
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire knife, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype resin, nickel plated
photography © stuart johnstone



cross-fire spoon, 2010
natural occurrence series
rapid prototype resin, nickel plated
photography © stuart johnstone




cross-fire wine glass, 2010
natural occurrence series
glass
image © designboom

cross-fire wine glass, 2010
natural occurrence series
glass
photography © stuart johnstone



cross-fire wine glass, 2010
natural occurrence series
glass
photography © stuart johnstone

Cross-fire from Studio Mrmann on Vimeo.

cross-fire,2010
natural occurrence series
directed: geoffrey mann
produced: chris labrooy
commissioned by past, present & future craft practice

'shine' and 'cross-fire series' were exhibited as part of lab craft at during london design festival 2010.