About the Work

“Mounted on white oak block: 30cm x 10cm x 30cm (6.7kg) Signed and numbered by the artist Foundry mark and artist certification Only 66 years separate the first successful powered aeroplane flight and our arrival on the moon. The androgynous figure of Propeller head is poised as if readying to take-off. A type of modern day angel bridging the gap between inculcated beliefs and the modern gods of science and medicine. A mix of man and machine celebrating human ingenuity and our ability to defy gravity. Propeller head is a metaphorical nod to our achievements and a glance towards our next forward leap, offering new and wild possibilities, optimism and yet still allowing the room for a cold shiver at the un-calculated dangers we love to ignore in our endless search for better, faster, forward in fields including nano and cyborg technologie”