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Weldments, kinetic sculptures, interactive robotic installation - they are all equally far from haunting their perfect forms and cold metallic luster Chris creatures. His approach to the work of both the technological and from an emotional point of view it is very difficult with its associated with the art in the conventional sense of the word. Nevertheless, Chris works are popular in major galleries around the world, causing the audience to stop, admire the absolute perfection of form and think.

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21 in. x 4.5 in. x 4.5 in.
aluminum, copper, brass, stainless steel





Christopher does not appeal to handmade. Emotionality and spontaneity of the human factor, he prefers flawless precision industrial technologies. Rather than directly address the feelings of the audience, he appeals to the intellect, the admiration of scientific and technological achievements of mankind. His work, called dry combinations of letters and numbers, are seen as a product of extraterrestrial civilizations or devices have come to us from the distant future. At first glance it becomes clear to them how any piece of engineering, these machines are endowed with major functions. However, to solve their normal contemporary Earthman not afford.

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2.5 in. x 2.5 in. x 2.5 in.
stainless steel and brass



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Christopher Bathgate does not like to talk about the past: born, married, likes to tell ... But as the years went to work for industrial machines. The main forms of "creatures" (as Chris calls his work) are created by milling, turning and drilling machines. In the artist's studio, and you can see the unique machine that he invented himself. "Construction of new machines took me a long time, - says the artist - and I built them for the most part out of interest. Yet often there are situations when suddenly it turns out that the tools needed to implement my idea, just not in the nature. In such cases, the invention and construction of the necessary tools are crucial stage of work on a particular product, that is an integral part of the creative process. "

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5 in. x 5-in. x 5-in.
aluminum & brass



Chris works as a machine tool with manual control, and the computerized, NC. As a sculptor, in obedience to the inspired impulse, picks up a hammer, Christopher Bathgate sits down at the computer and creates a three-dimensional model of the future parts. "The use of machines with numerical control allows me to process the workpiece to within a micrometer - Chris says - no such precision is unattainable to the human eye, nor for human hands».

Machine manufacturing precision individual parts allows the use of industrial technology for the assembly of the finished sculpture. For example, some parts are pressed into the body "being" like the bearings in the motor vehicle. Some of the sculptures are going to screw, in some cases, are used epoxy resins. Special equipment is required to polish the finished parts and giving them the required color shade. Chris burn items in the furnace annealing to form, using powder coating, applying electroforming - a method of applying a metal layer to the surface by means of electrodeposition.

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7 in. x 7 in. x 7 in.
steel, copper, stainless steel



It just seems that manage these industrial machines easy. Construction audio sculpture usually takes several weeks. Machines themselves, like sculptors, remove excess metal from the workpiece slowly, very small portions, turning solid material into chips or dust. This process can take hundreds of hours. The week is spent on polishing the rough parts of degreasing and preparation for painting. Once a week we have our own painting, burning parts to create a tint and final assembly "being." And that's not counting the many sleepless nights thinking about the idea of ​​dedicated, exploring the sculpture design, programming machines.

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5 in. x 9 in. x 7 in.
aluminum & brass



One step to the industrial design

"In my work there parables, allegories or citations - says Christopher Bathgate. - Instead, I prefer to create a logical and pragmatic objects, despite the fact that while working on his sculptures rely entirely on their own feelings and instincts. " The appearance of "beings" created by Chris, for the most part due to its applicable technologies. Machine production dictates a certain visual and emotional restraint, austerity. Any idea of ​​the artist repeatedly transformed, through the various stages of the process. CRIS - this is not the result of creativity without borders, like other sculptors, as a compromise between the creative impulse and technological constraints that bring to engineering work Bathgate art or industrial design. In order to realize any idea of ​​an emotional, Chris constantly have to solve logical problems. Non-standard, clever solutions for a sculpture may lay down the basis for the next, and so on a chain. In the end it turns out that the "creatures" Christopher inextricably and organically interwoven emotion and intellect.

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8 in. x 8 in. x 8-in.
steel, aluminum, brass



Due process and follows another unique feature works by Christopher Bathgate. Typically, an inherent property of any work of art is considered to be its uniqueness and originality. A painting or a statue by sculptor like a tree that grew in the fertile soil, obeying a variety of unpredictable factors: the sun and the wind, rain and snow, heat and cold. Exactly the same tree never destined to be born. But the work of Bathgate in theory can be repeated up to the mic. In theory - because in reality the artist had never so did not do. Perhaps, just because he wants to remain an artist, and not become a fashion designer interior decorations.

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8 in. x 6.5 in. x 6.5 in.
steel, aluminum, brass



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11 in. x 7 in. x 7 in.
steel, aluminum, brass, stainless steel, copper



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4 in. x 4 in. x 2.5 in.
aluminum, brass, copper



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