Showcase: Steven James Herd

 

David Foster Wallace wrote 'What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at most one tiny little part of it at any given instant.'

Inspired by this as well as a passion for record culture, books and the handmade, I created a composite of text, craft and construction that trends towards the celebration of ‘analogue’ in the form of a complete installation. 

Distinctive features like the offcut wording of ‘STOKED’, vacant bird boxes, and worn sheet metal bring a warmth and familiarity to the show. The hung pieces of work were sourced and created from second-hand materials in and around the site of Duncan of Jordanstone. This ethos transcends the individual hand-painted signs into the space itself through the exploration and use of prominent, permanent features which typifies both the aesthetic and sentiment of the work. 

Steven Herd graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in May.