KALEIDOSCOPE Screen MINIMAL COLLECTION 00001668
KALEIDOSCOPE Screen sculpture by Stephen Newby
Winners of Interior Design's Best of Year 2015 award, our modular room dividers are composed of standardised sections for easy construction and flexible arrangement.
The Kaleidoscope is our suspended room divider which has modular sections made of triangular blown 'cushions' that connect with magnetic fixings. Depending on your space, you can connect as many sections as you like. The original Pillow Screen is also modular, but has square cushions and is available as a floor standing or suspended room divider.
Dimensions
A variety of sizes, colours and finishes are available, just follow the 'enquire now' link and let us know what you have in mind.
Bespoke Sizes
All screen variations are entirely customisable. The Kaleidoscope Screen comes as standard in sections measuring 1800mm (h) x 840mm (w) x 80mm (d), but it can also be configured to suit any space. Please contact us with your measurements and we'll take care of the rest for you
About the artist
b1969 British Artist
Stephen Newby’s aim to challenge preconceived notions about the nature of materials and their possible forms has been the focus of his work to date, he has produced sculptural works which have varied from studio pieces to larger scale public art.
For the last two decades Newby’s work has been concerned with exploring his own process of forming stainless steel through inflating or 'blowing' as if it were glass. It is a way of sculpting that breathes life into metal and metamorphoses steel from a flat and unpliable state into a soft and dynamic form that almost appears organic rather than manufactured.
Blown metal
Protean mirror surfaces that almost defy the gaze appear in constant flux, enhanced by their interaction with light and movement - thus intensifying the relationship between object and viewer, sculpture and space.
This interplay between context and form is compelling: realism becomes obscured and the unmalleable and clinical appearance of steel is transformed into something soft, fluid and organic.
“…blown metal could be seen as a synthesis of a modern dialectic: the ‘organic’ and the ‘manufactured’…” (Newby, 1998)
Newby’s work attempts to confuse and question boundaries between forms, inviting uncertainty about the nature of each sculptural object.
"The transient beauty of each reflective surface creates a shifting and inconstant presence, somehow capturing a feeling of the ephemeral within the confines of the durable"
Custom Finish
Stainless steel coloured finishes using Colourtex® or Steel Colour® are available in a variety of colours including black, blue, bronze, champagne, charcoal, gold, green and red). A variety of textures, patterns, surface effects and techniques such as etching and embossing with patterns or custom designs can be arranged (please contact us for a copy of our technical pdf which provides full listings of custom finishes and specifications). Our Super Mirror stainless steel is also available. This is the most perfect polish that can be produced on stainless steel, its lack of grain and near perfect polish has reflective qualities like a glass mirror.
A range of coatings, from powder coating using RAL colour matching to specialist grade hand-painted finishes can be arranged, please contact us for further details. 24kt Gold plating and copper plating is also available on requestMaterials
Mirror polished stainless steel or satin stainless steel, including fixings
Lead time
Standard orders 6-8 weeks (contact us for custom lead times and shipping requirements)
