WOODTURNING TOOLS

For me my Dads workshop is a treasure throve of memory and a lot of the contents i.e his tools, the wood, old bits and bobs all stand as a symbol of the past and capture the essence of time passing.
His woodturning tools have made many creations. They were used to turn a mundane piece of wood into something of beauty.
I wanted to use his tools as the basis for a photography piece. I photographed them in situ in the workshop. I then took them out of context and made castings of them and moulds from which I then took black and white photographs. The resulting images had a warped molten looking appearance which for me charged and changed the tools into something completely different. They look like they are encased, frozen in time, wrapped around and suspended under a this blanket.