Sculpture created by tying three hammers together

Hammers, boot laces. 37x14x8cm. 2022

Hammers are designed to strike blows. By tying several of them together they lose this ability, being rended impotent.

It invites interpretation as some sort of metaphor. The work was created largely because the components were to hand, with the composition coming together spontaneously and subconsciously. That doesn’t mean that there are no underlying meanings to the work of course – after all, why did I choose to pick up a few hammers rather than a few bottles of washing-up liquid?

This work was created for and was first exhibited in my solo show at Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens near Penzance in 2016.

It’s designed to hang on a wall, however in the image here it is on a sheet of plastic on the studio floor because I like the effect.