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Jon Raine
Arts Council England - Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP)
'Gobbledygook'
The Sculptures Begin Where Language Fails Thought.
This sculpture is formed from the letters of the word 'gobbledygook'. The typography is fused, layered and intertwined so that the word becomes hidden within its own structure. Audiences encounter something that appears familiar yet remains diļ¬cult to read. The work resembles language while resisting immediate comprehension.
3d printer maquette
This is a simulation of how my sculpture could look when scaled up.
The Hatch Collective show 2026
This animates as audiences move through the space, the projections respond in real time. Using LiDAR sensors, the artwork measures the distance and speed of visitors. The closer and faster people move towards the projection, the more animated, fragmented and chaotic the
typography becomes.
The work is rooted in a simple but powerful thought: "I get stressed when I think my inability with reading or writing is going to be exposed." Being dyslexic and struggling all my life, hence having help to write this.
Other executions - 'A group of letters and gaps that make no sense', 'Gobbledygook' badge, '10% of people trip over their words'.
Shape of Light - MA final show 2022
Shape of light - cast shadows, this is my mother's shadow recreated. I scanned the steps her original shadow was on (the 3-dimensional shape of her shadow), stood it back up and relit it to reveal her shadow again.
3d printed in section and silver-leafed to look like it was cast in metal.
The idea came from how people retreat from society that are in the shadows.
The images above include my mother visiting my show. She was in the later stages of Alzheimer's.
In the shadows. Group CG render.
The shape of light video virtual sculptures - 'Fox Talbot's (Inventor of the negative) window', Laycock Abbey, 'Stonehenge' and the 'Church'.
The sculptures are made from the intensity of light in that location.
3D printed versions - Holburne Museum and Stonehenge.
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