 works started with an attempt to describe the space of the body using a matrix formed of rings.

I then realised that I could create this like a drawing; an unending spiralling line that spins a web around the body, orbiting close to the skin and then spiralling out into space: an energy zone.

I now try to use the least material necessary to delineate a suspended open matrix.

Feeling Material Works

, 2003, 3.25 mm square section rolled mild steel hoops, various diameters, 205 × 154 × 128 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London. Collection of SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany.

Feeling Material I

, 2003, 3.25 mm square section rolled mild steel hoops, various diameters, 204 × 150 × 165 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material II

, 2003, 4.76 mm square section rolled mild steel hoops, various diameters, 208 × 160 × 155 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material III

, 2003, 4.76 mm square section rolled mild steel hoops, various diameters, 208 × 162 × 150 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material IV

, 2003, 4.76 mm square section rolled mild steel wire, 210 × 195 × 140 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material V

, 2003, 3.25 mm square section rolled mild steel wire, 215 × 175 × 130 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London. The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Feeling Material VI

, 2003, 3.25 mm square section rolled mild steel wire, 280 × 260 × 260 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material VII

, 2003, 4 mm square section continuous rolled mild steel wire, 185 × 330 × 210 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material VIII (Hanging)

, 2004, 4 mm square section continuous rolled mild steel wire, 260 × 210 × 190 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material X (Hanging)

, 2004, 6 mm square section continuous rolled mild steel bar, 247 × 183 × 170 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XI (Hanging)

, 2004, 6 mm square section continuous rolled mild steel bar, 270 × 245 × 195 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XII (Hanging)

, 2004, 5 mm square section rolled stainless steel bar, dimensions variable according to room size. Installation view, Galleria Mimmo Scognamiglio, Naples, Italy, 2006. Photograph by Peppe Avallone.

Feeling Material XIII

, 2005, 4 mm square section mild steel bar, 225 × 218 × 170 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XIV

, 2005, 4 mm square section mild steel bar, 230 × 230 × 200 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XV

, 2005, 4 mm square section mild steel bar, 197 × 186 × 130 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XVI

, 2005, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 215 × 195 × 190 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XVII

, 2004, 4 mm × 4 mm continuous rolled mild steel wire, 273 × 158 × 212 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material IX (Hanging)

, 2005, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 230 × 300 × 240 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XVIII (Double)

, 2005, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 220 × 216 × 155 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XIX

, 2005, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 210 × 195 × 190 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London. Collection of SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany.

Feeling Material XX

, 2005, 4 mm square section mild steel bar, 205 × 175 × 160 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXI

, 2005, 6 mm square section mild steel bar, 200 × 220 × 190 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXII

, 2005, 6 mm square section mild steel bar, 210 × 235 × 195 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXIII

, 2005, 6 mm square section mild steel bar, 205 × 280 × 195 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London. Collection of PinchukArtCentre, Kiev, Ukraine.

Feeling Material XXIV

, 2005, 6 mm square section mild steel bar, 205 × 230 × 170 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXV

, 2005, 6 mm square section mild steel bar, 208 × 250 × 205 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXVI

, 2007, 4 mm square section mild steel bar, 260 × 195 × 210 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXVIII

, 2007, 4.75 mm square section stainless steel bar, 250 × 160 × 195 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXIX

, 2007, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 250 × 210 × 195 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXX

, 2007, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 230 × 180 × 160 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXI

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 217 × 198 × 185 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXII

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 155 × 244 × 153 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXIV

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 144 × 200 × 155 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXV

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 238 × 196 × 178 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXVI

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 221 × 216 × 158 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXVII

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 200 × 225 × 184 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXVIII

, 2008, 5 mm square section mild steel bar, 194 × 165 × 170 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material XXXIX

, 2008, 5 mm square section stainless steel bar, 203 × 188 × 141 cm. Photograph by Stephen White, London.

Feeling Material Works

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