ALL THIS FOR A STITCH

2022 (started 2012)

FOR SALE. Every single part from an 1899 Singer sewing machine, eco epoxy resin.

6’5’’ (195cm) tall

Photographs by ALISTER THORPE.

Finding a working but obsolete Singer sewing machine in a junk shop for just £1, I felt compelled to expose its exquisitely engineered components, to champion mankind’s resourcefulness and inventiveness, whilst damning our wasteful culture. A project spanning a decade, ‘All This For a Stitch’ is the most risky sculpture I have made. Pouring resin at this scale without cracking or discolouration is beyond the rule books, and more likely to fail than succeed. After months of careful preparation, testing, much research, and with luck on my side, the pour worked perfectly. Furthermore, eliminating the ‘witness mark’ between pours took months of rumination, conversation and trials to overcome.