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My own work has covered a wide range:

  small scale interior pieces for gallery contexts, like these mixed media constructions


'Tower of Babel: turquoise and copper'
perspex, copper, plaster, zinc
60 X 60 X 70cm
© C. Gray 1990

'Tower of Babel: blue and gold'
perspex, brass, plaster, zinc
60 X 60 X 80cm
© C. Gray 1990
'Logarhythm'
perspex, brass, plaster, zinc
30 X 20 X 20cm
© C. Gray 1990

 

  more functional work for "domestic" spaces, like these lights

'Union : I do'
lexan, rivets, pink globe bulb
90 X 50 X 40cm
© C. Gray 1995

'Cocoon'
lexan, bolts, white globe bulb
100 X 40 X 40cm
© C. Gray 1996

 

  larger scale work sited in the natural environment, like the pieces for the Scottish Sculpture Open exhibitions at Kildrummy Castle - "Water Wedge" and "Receiver"

'Water Wedge',   1983
 
'Receiver',   1985

'Water Wedge'
perspex, steel, water
240 X 240 X 30cm
© C. Gray 1983
 
'Receiver'
mirror finish stainless steel
60 X 150 X 200cm
© C. Gray 1985

 

  and a more recent public art commission for Glasgow Prestwick International Airport. This 15m structure is still in progress requiring final adjustments to the fibre optic lighting system.

'Celestial Navigator'
aluminium, steel, fibre optic lighting
15metres high
© C. Gray 1994

night view

 

These pieces celebrate new materials and technologies, and respond to different contexts.

 

photos : Stuart Johnstone

'Hearth's Desire'
copper, brass, fibre optic lighting
120 X 120 X 10cm
© C. Gray 1998
   
As a member of the Artesign research group my most recent work - a firescreen - for the exhibition "Room with a View" at Duff House, Banff, was produced in response to the fantastic Robert Adams fireplace in the North Drawing Room.

The firescreen is made from copper and brass and incorporates fibre optic cyan coloured lights.
The group is planning future work - our next exhibition is in Naples in October, and will again be a response to the site, exploring the differences and similarities between design and fine art: issues of function, presence, technology, context.

 

An exhibition of work (from 1993-1998)
took place concurrently with the lecture
.

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