Vicious Circle
isabel
This black and white photograph captures an abstract circular composition formed by interconnected, weathered saw blades. The rough textures and jagged edges of the metal pieces, fastened together with rivets, create a visually striking industrial aesthetic against a plain background.
Old discipline, new context. Steel – once the cutting edge of Britain. Now rusting, rotting, melding with mud, residual oil rainbowing in puddles.Steel, tamed by fire, set hard and jagged to cut through,Straight edge turned circle, weighted, rolling…The physical division of its old self creating something new.Cutting the cutting tool, breaking the man made edge, causing the circle, taming the violent beauty of the blade – here is a story.