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Our Beautiful Planet
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Description
This sculpture captures the beauty of the planet we live on in recycled carbon fibre.
In an attempt to reduce waste and make this sculpture as sustainable as possible we have chosen to use recycled carbon fibre and aluminium. Each globe is filled with all non recyclable materials used in the production process.
Sculpture limited to 44 pieces and four artist proofs.
Globe: Carbon fibre, 2 plies/layers 2 x 2 twill 200 gsm off cut material with recycled chop strand carbon fibre laminated to unidirectional carbon fibre, giving a thickness of 2.4mm and coated with a UV resistant blue tinted gloss coating.
Map detail: Masked and coated with graphite grey paint.
Mounting base and rod: Mounted on a black coated wooden and anodised aluminium base with a 23.5° angled stainless steel rod.
Mounting method: Desk mounted.
Dimensions: Diameter 200 mm H 430 mm.
Weight: 1.5 kg.
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Artist
Alastair was born in 1962 near Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his schooling at King Edward Vll boy’s school followed by two years compulsory national service in the South African army. Exposure to marine life during annual family vacations on the Natal South Coast inspired Alastair to take sculpture classes to show the way he saw interesting fast fish. With an interest in motor racing influenced by his father and an education in balance-engineering, Alastair set off to Europe with an ambition to work in the motor sport industry.
This resulted in a career of twenty two years, fourteen of which were in formula one, four as lead mechanic for the Benetton F1 Team and ten as race team chief mechanic for the BAR and Honda Grand Prix Teams. Drawing similarities between modern motorsport engineering and his love for the natural world, Alastair uses his acquired engineering skills and experience to recycle F1 car parts sourced from Grand Prix teams to show his passion for art through his signature medium of carbon fibre sculpture.
Alastair’s work has been exhibited world wide and his sculptures have been purchased by collectors in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East and South Africa. Alastair’s work can be viewed in selected galleries in the UK, the United States, Europe, Russia, Dubai and South Africa. Now in his fourteenth year as a full time artist, Alastair is being recognised as a forerunner in carbon fibre sculpture and with his team is undertaking a variety of projects including private commissions, installations, a lifestyle product collection and new work in his bespoke studio ‘studio 45’ near Oxford, England.
Dimensions
| Width | 20 |
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| Height | 42 |