Critical Mass Marble

In Critical Mass, Paul Cocksedge returns to some of the most industrial, heavy, and raw materials available: plate steel and marble. He explores what happens when they are pushed into forms that speak of tension, intimacy, and the human hand.

The Critical Mass series holds an energy, something on the edge of collapse or explosion. While working on this series, Cocksedge found himself reflecting on the speed and change of two of the most pressing issues of our time: AI and climate change.

Every conversation, most thoughts, led back to this in some way. In contrast to these contemporary issues, being in the factory around a team of makers, welding, cutting, calculating, felt refreshing.