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Iconoclasm: Attacking/rejecting cherished beliefs, values, practices and institutions. Irreverence.
Science fiction: Comics and imagery. H R Giger. Three-dimensionalising graphic predictions.
Biomechanoid: Bridging biology and machine. Fleshy architecture.
Futurist: Look to the vision of the future not the past.
Strength: Steel. Powerful. Rock-hard. Stronger than you. Design from a structural perspective. Solid.
S&M: Metal. Hinges. Locks. Chains. Cages. Punctured and pierced the imagery goes hand in manacle with ironwork.
Paradox: Reason behind apparent anarchy.
Architecture: A perpetual inspiration/obsession.
Cables: Unwanted they creep from the back of technology twisting like ivy, however... they are the essential life source and are beautiful for their synthetic organic-ness.
The Lloyds Building: The supreme building. Breathtaking. A machine. A very large engine. A cathedral of metal.
Oil refineries: Stanlow, northern England's greatest attraction.
Cranes: The towers of the city - predominantly more beautiful than their creations, as is the case with scaffolding.
Metamorphosis: Transmutation within animal like creations. The recycling, revival and personification of scrap engineering components. The development from a machine into a creature.
Wit: Fun. Humour. Acutely important.
Functionalism: Style derived from function. Be true to your materials; don't try to achieve what the material is not suited to.
Contradictions; Well they happen and if the end result is good who cares.
Constructivism: Russian art Constructivism.
Minimalism: Freedom from the painstaking clutter of vacuous ornamentation. Appreciation of the manufactured form of the steel, the form of the raw material having a defining influence on the design.
Individual: Exclusive, unique and somewhat esoteric.
Anatomical: Bones, muscles and tendons are expressive and evocative. They translate into steel remarkably efficiently.
Reasoned design: Simply thinking up ideas (blind aesthetics) is not enough; an idea has to be worked on, developed, transformed [sometimes scrapped] taking into account working processes, material limitations, structural limitations and other factors, parameters and constraints, before it becomes something special.
Music: A propellant. A provocation. A lubricant. A spur. A catalyst for channeling emotion. Sentiment inciting emotional outlet.
Eternality: Immortal. The opposite of built in obsolescence. The strength to last hundreds of years. I don't make fast buck, furniture that will fall apart after a couple of years.
Quality: Finished to a high standard. I'm a perfectionist who likes to make things to a standard that I could live with myself. Timeless treasures which will last forever. High quality, special, individual pieces,which are imposing and people are proud to own.