Inspiration for art comes from the ordinary and the extraordinary - take nuclear reactors. There is a beautiful, although highly dangerous, blue glow that turns to white as the reactor heats up. If you actually look at a reactor ceiling (or roof), where the rods go in, it looks organised and uniform but, when you take a closer look, the gaps are not even. The rods are set in a grid formation but they are all slightly off centre. So, there is an irregularity within the manufacturing uniformity. It's the same with a lot of things: industrial flooring, screws - they all look the same but they are not.
This image shows Three Mile Island reactor core just after fuel reload. The lighter coloured fuel rods are new, the darker assemblies have been used before.
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Gareth Miller Art: Reactor
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