James Rigler Hexafoil

The six-lobed platter bears testament to James’s interest in architectural and industrial fragments, which abound on buildings and in the urban fabric of his Glasgow habitat. ‘I love the transience of seemingly monumental buildings,’ James explains, ‘and also the Gothic detailing you see on early Victorian heavy industrial machinery. In the Glasgow Transport Museum, you find small cusped arches on massive wheels, and I’m interested in the interplay of industry or utility and decoration. In this series of platters, I’m like that each is a strange object that might have lost its original meaning and so has an air of mystery about it. Is it ceremonial or is it from a factory? I love the idea that objects lose meanings and find new ones.’

Hexafoil (edition of 10); length 46.5cm, width 36cm, depth 4.4cm