Artworks

Matthew Darbyshire

Artist Matthew Darbyshire critiques the way we consume and collect objects. Through mechanical extrusion, a special shape-holding synthetic clay occupies a space between the compelling desire to repeat, via mechanical reproduction, and the artist’s handmade crafting. In the Xerox series the artist originally responded to objects found in the Nottingham Castle collection, reinterpreting them through analogue 3D modelling, so in mimicry each piece shares the same coiling form but then morphs into less controllable being.