Dreamt I could fly

Used steel and recycled concertinaed window blind to make wings to fly.

In this work I have repurposed disposed of off-cuts of discarded concertinaed  blind material that I found in a re-cycling centre. I like the challenge of finding new ways to use discarded materials and finding transformative ways of using them.

With the blind I hand painted it and then threaded long lengths of thin steel bar to give them rigidity so that I could sculpt them into shape and form. For me the finished forms and configurations remind me of fragile insect wings. I place them on a platform and photographed the work. There is an animalistic movement to the forms and a beauty aesthetic which has something of the sublime.



David Booth is a Fine Artist and Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Booth has a broad contemporary practice which includes sculptures, installations, ceramics, paintings, photographs and digital artwork. You can browse through curated selection showing examples of his artwork. He is proud to have worked with many arts organisations, curators; He has exhibited in art-fairs nationally and has UK and international collectors. He has exhibited at arts festivals, on sculpture trails, galleries and most recently been selected by ECC curators to exhibit in Venice Biennial 2021.