Benjamin Storch

Benjamin Storch’s work stems from a fascination with fluid, dynamic motion, whether witnessed in nature, human motion or computer-aided visualisations in the sciences. Plottings of the behaviour of pendulums, imagery of surfaces being drawn into ‘fields of attraction’, strange attractor point clouds and fluid dynamics are all a major influence on Benjamin’s sculptural work.

Since I fell in love with metal from an early age, I spent years researching techniques to form sheet metal into surfaces of compound curvature that allow the fluid, complex transitions. This relies on a sensitive control of specialised tools as well as traditional hammering techniques, which gives the forms a unique tactile quality. The sheet metal process leaves a tangible trace of the inherent tensile forces and thus reflects the intention behind the work. While my forms embody mathematical principles associated with topology, dynamical systems and surface curvature, it is fundamentally about the tactile and visual sense of motion.

When people come by and see the interior of the Sculpture Studio they are impressed by the space - and I always tell them how lucky I feel to be there. It has history, it has nature and it has the community, us artists and the wider Gasworks, the Neighbourhood and visitors from further afield. All of this compounds into a space for creativity.

Benjamin has an extensive client base and exhibition track record internationally. Recent projects include a number of commissions for hotels such as The Ritz Carlton in Hong Kong and the Shangri-la at The Shard in London. Alongside these he has been making work for exhibition at Sculpture by the Sea, the McClelland Sculpture Survey and Brenda May Gallery.