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Integrally cast silver & stainless steel. © Chris Knight 2010 Winner of the Museums Sheffield Metalwork Award 2010. ‘Lest We Forget’ Chalice, although, not designed for everyday use at an altar, is a sacramental vessel which expresses its function both practically and symbolically? Its expected function strengthens the visual metaphor. The heavy rough cast body of silver studded with hundreds of stainless steel crosses presents a strong visual image, yet creates a conflict in its utility. The form of the cross is veiled by contemporary concerns, attitudes, scandal and prejudice. ‘It was my intention to echo the muddy battlefields of the First World War and the mass cemeteries that commemorate them, evoking connotations of war, death and religion.’   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490868148508-66OLKPW0PZ19Q6O2K58P/Chalice+%26+Paten.jpg Silverware - Chalice and Paten 'If You Seek Me With All Your Heart..' Commissioned by Fr. Andrew O'Connor on his ordination to the Catholic Church New York USA. © Chris Knight 1996. Silver and Anodised Aluminium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490866521036-W3SGIQWMKJM8S26658NS/Chalice+%26+Paten.jpg Silverware - Chalice and Paten 'If You Seek Me With All Your Heart..' Commissioned by FR Andrew O'Connor on his inauguration to the Catholic Church New York USA. 1996. Silver and Anodised Aluminium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490894152850-V8X9MJK4OQERW5FAP98M/Sketch+on+Bowl+A1a.jpg Silverware - Sketch On A Bowl 1 Hallmarked Silver. © Chris Knight 2014 Edition of 2. Exhibited: Design Collective II, Maison Gerard NYC and Contemporary Applied Arts, London; 'Resonance' 1/1 Private Collection New York City. Hand Raised vessel with tig welded. soldered and oxidised 'nest' Dia 500mm approx. Chris’ latest work (Sketch on a Bowl) captures the spontaneity of a rough, casual sketch. These pieces are his purest physical representation of Chris’s belief in making room for the object to speak for itself. They started from nothing more than a sketch, with no more concept than the pleasure of drawing and making. Through skilled craft in CAD and metalwork they gradually come into focus as a 3 dimensional objects; giving clarity of form but ambiguity of meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490875530970-9EOS0MFAONTGI9VVNL95/Constructed+Vase.knight.sassoon.jpg Silverware - Caged Vase Spun and fabricated silver. © Chris Knight 2012 Image curtesy of Adrian Sassoon https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/home daily 1.0 2017-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490865380024-1X1YC779FWBE55BAQ07X/Desire+Detail.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490865380024-1X1YC779FWBE55BAQ07X/Desire+Detail.JPG Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1491480447305-SZCA7K4T945XUULTMMRB/Homepage+images+1.jpg Home https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/public-art daily 0.75 2017-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490874783189-2W0H25P65JSDCW2XKVRE/DESIRE+multi+image.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - Desire South Shore Promenade, Blackpool. © Chris Knight 2001. Forming part of The Great Promenade Art Show, along with works by Peter Freeman and Peter Blake, Desire explores an expression of temptation and the forbidden, the tensions and frisson of Blackpool nightlife. ‘Within my public art work I explore the seductive power of danger. The lure of the forbidden is created through imposing forms, materials which are honest, simple and robust and temptingly uncomfortable metaphors.' Materials: Corten and Stainless Steel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1491468631548-YQJOJWFLAW1ES7WIDY0L/Cutting+edge+multi+web.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - Cutting Edge Sheaf Square, Sheffield. © Chris Knight Si Applied Ltd 2002 The consideration of the social and political issues surrounding public art within Sheffield is manifest within Cutting Edge. Through early involvement in the concept development stages of Sheaf Square Knight was able to consider, explore and debate the formal, historical and political context of the development in greater depth and thus was able to empathize with the human, critical viewpoint within the design rationale of the subsequent public art (Cutting edge). The design team engaged with appropriate strategies in order to successfully qualify and capitalise on the artwork within planning strategy, economic rationale, political agenda and audience engagement. This was achieved through reflective dialogue around the creative and political issues between the design partners and through several public consultation events.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490973483243-8OWXNTL0GQRMZPN6GS31/Our+Father+3+views+copy.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - 'Our Father' Installed: November 2014 Art Concept: Father Andrew More O'Connor Architect: Hans Roegele Sculptor: Chris Knight, SI Applied, Sheffield, UK Framing: Christopher O'Connor Materials: Anodised Aluminium © O'Connor, Roegele, Knight Si Applied Ltd 2014. The Father Varela Memorial sculpture, situated on the exterior of The Church of Transfiguration on Mott Street (China Town) New York City, USA was installed in November 2014. This collaboration between sculptor, Chris Knight, Father Andrew O'Connor (artist and Pastor) and architect Hans Roegle commemorates Father Felix Varela, the Cuban-born priest who founded the parish of the Church of Transfiguration in 1827. Father Varela was a tireless advocate for New York's immigrant communities and in the 200-year history the Church of Transfiguration has served Irish, Italian, Latino and now Chinese New Yorkers. The "Mandorla of Felix Varela" was commissioned by Rev. Raymond Nobiletti, Transfiguration's pastor who was joined by Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros of Brooklyn in the dedication and blessing of the sculpture in April 2015. The Memorial consists of a statue of Father Varela surrounded by a 'mandorla' of anodized aluminium letters that together spell out The Lord's Prayer. The base of the sculpture is fashioned from black granite from the lot used to build the September 11th Memorial. The plaque notes, "A symbol of political persecution and a beacon of religious freedom, the mandorla's intention is to offer a voice to those who suffer religious and political persecution." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1491582539120-UQED7GMWF9BS1AQLDQUK/Chapel-07.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - Falling Leaves 'Gentle Rain of Mercy' An installation of 1776 etched stainless steel ‘leaves’ for Saint Mary Grand in New York. Completed in 2016 with Owen Waterhouse. Based on an original collaborative design between Father Andrew O’Connor and Chris Knight. The leaves are photo etched with images taken from an artwork based on The Beatitudes by Fr. Andrew O'Connor. © Chris Knight Si Applied Ltd 2016.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490875066353-509DVSTWT2V1V36JCBZ2/Corten+Tree.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - Sheaf Tree Private commission Brewery Wharf Leeds. Corten Steel. © Chris Knight 2004 In response to the brief the artwork is an uplifting form intended to visually celebrate the history of the local area. The visual appearance of the piece references ears of barley whilst the manufacturing process is inspired by leatherwork techniques. Both the material and scale of the piece reference the engineering history of the surrounding area. The Sheaf Tree project was subsequently awarded the Landscape Category at the Leeds Architectural Awards for which the public Art was particularly cited. The guest assessor, who had the final say on the awards, was Graham Morrison of the award-winning London practice, Allies and Morrison architects. In 2014 Sheaf Tree was in the final 3 projects shortlisted for the Leeds Architecture 25th Year Anniversary Award. 1/3 size replica exhibited at Jerwood Applied Arts Prize Exhibition. The Broughton Gallery Collection. 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1490867947646-W0WTM2EU1M250NCX7BSP/G+CK+BASINGSTOKE.JPG Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - Service Bay Doors Service Bay Doors. Stainless Steel. Festival Place, Basingstoke. © Chris Knight 2002. ‘Knight's elegant design, a hugely expanded version of the metallic diapering that forms the background of medieval manuscript illuminations, is inoffensive almost to the point of banality. It is only the material - massive stainless steel - that is extravagant. The brief was crushingly prescriptive. The door had to be ram-raider-proof yet penetrable; air had to pass through it, but no mouse, rat or bird. Knight designed matching rigid rectangular grids and filled them with uniform laser-cut panels with pierced points raised like the scales of an armadillo, to repel fly-posters. Only steel could perform so many tasks at once, and present so teasing a combination of strength, viciousness and delicacy.’ It's brutal, austere, hardly the stuff of art. Yet in the hands of Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor, steel becomes beautiful Germaine Greer Monday September 12, 2005 The Guardian     https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1491468799745-E9JAV9736DMJGAOMB3FN/The+Birds+around+here.jpg Public Art / Architectural Metalwork - The Birds Around Here Hoyland Town Hall, Barnsley. © Chris Knight 2004. Stainless steel, patinated brass, metal leaf, patination. 'The Birds Around Here' responded responded to the thoughts, expectancies and experiences of the local, ex-mining, community as collected by a writer in residence. This was summarised by the words; 'The birds around here were all black. We had to go to the seaside to see them in colour.' The laser cut birds are each back filled with multi coloured stainless steel or patinated/metal leafed brass which has been photo etched with collaged words and images taken by local school children and residents of Hoyland. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/t/58ecf2219f7456d16fd2b495/1490891462690/ Public Art / Architectural Metalwork https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/blog daily 0.75 2017-03-30 https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/blog/2017/3/30/finally-a-chris-knight-metal-design-website monthly 0.5 2017-03-30 https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/contact daily 0.75 2017-03-30 https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/pagecv daily 0.75 2023-07-17 https://www.chrisknightdesign.co.uk/about-1 daily 0.75 2020-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58dcc8bf6b8f5b6fce952716/1492005351551-673RHBBEVFWCVBMMULQQ/image-asset.jpeg About - Chris Knight SHEFFIELD UK. Often working on the boundaries between art, craft and design, Chris Knight's pieces range from domestic, ecclesiastical and sporting silverware to architectural metalwork and public art. Having spent over 35 years working with metals, Chris has vast experience of fine metalwork in Silver, Bronze, Aluminium and Steel, working on pieces from an intimate hand-scale to the monumental. The breath of this design and technical experience of working in metals informs both the work he makes within his own studio and that which he designs for production by manufacturers. Throughout his career Chris has embraced and generated opportunities to work creatively within a team. He has collaborated with silversmiths, product, interior and landscape designers, architects, artists, engineering companies, developers, town planners and city councils. Chris Knight is represented by Adrian Sassoon and BR Gallery China Adrian Sassoon