Epitaph
Found boulder, off-cut material, canvas, frame.
This artwork featured in Building Site (2014). A Meadow Arts commission.
Using a process of three-dimensional scanning, digital re-scaling, and a five axis robotic milling machine a 2mm deep skin has been systematically removed from the surface of a sandstone boulder from the quarry at Hardwick Hall.
The off-cut material has been collected from the milling machine’s filtration system and screen-printed to create a wall-mounted linear panel of pigment.
Commissioned for National Trust’s Hardwick Hall to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Robert Smythson and the men who built Hardwick.
Read about Sophie Molins’ film, Donor Rock 1, documenting Mackie’s artistic process as he created Epitaph.
With thanks to Fenland RP Ltd.
Image: Alastair Mackie, Epitaph. Found boulder, off-cut material, canvas, frame. Meadow Arts commission 2014.
About the artist
Alastair Mackie
Alastair Mackie exhibited in Building Site (2014).
Alastair Mackie was commissioned for Building Site (2014) by Meadow Arts.
Image: Alastair Mackie, Epitaph. Found boulder, off-cut material, canvas, frame, installation view, Building Site, Hardwick Hall, 2014. A Meadow Arts commission (2014).