Lissajous 70cm [stainless-steel]

Benjamin Storch forms sheet metal into fluid, curved surfaces by machine and by hand-hammering. Lissajous can be commissioned at other scales and in bronze, copper, aluminium or Corten steel.

Originally from Germany, Benjamin studied metalwork in the U.S., Berlin and Paris before eventually completing his studies in Birmingham, UK. It was here where he met his Australian wife and together they moved to Wales, where Benjamin continued his PhD research into the creation of fluid, dynamic surfaces in sheet metal. A production grant from the Arts Council of Wales awarded in 2006 fostered the development of these processes to create works suitable for public spaces. Since then he has worked on a broad range of private, public and corporate commissions in the UK, Australia and Asia, notably for the Shangri-la Hotel at the Shard London and in Shanghai, as well as the Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong

Additional Benjamin Storch work is available through our sister gallery, SOHO Galleries — view the full collection at https://www.sohogalleries.net/australian-sculptors/storch-ben/

Storch's work stems from a fascination with fluid, dynamic motion, seen in nature, in human movement and in scientific visualisations: the paths of pendulums, surfaces drawn into fields of attraction, strange-attractor point clouds and fluid dynamics.

He spent years developing ways to form sheet metal into surfaces of negative, anticlastic curvature. This relies on sensitive manual control of specialised machinery and traditional hammering, and leaves a visible trace of the forces in the metal. Some pieces embody principles of topology, dynamical systems and surface curvature; others are his impressions of them.