Esmond Bingham: Constructions

Esmond Bingham is one of North House Gallery's most productive artists, and his work the most surprising. This is his sixth solo show at the gallery, and he has also shown in six of the gallery's mixed exhibitions. The show consists of new constructions, large and small, free-standing and wall pieces in a variety of materials. His modesty and humour downplay perhaps the astounding ingenuity and precision of the finished articles.

In his own words: "I like to use everyday materials with no art pedigree, such as plywood, sheet glass or gardening canes. I don't sketch ideas in advance as I rarely have a clear idea where I am headed. Instead I play experimentally with materials, watching for an opportunity I couldn't anticipate. I like ideas to emerge and transform during the process until, after much back and forth, I recognise some form of resolution.

Individuals today are employing ever more sophisticated arms-length technology to enable the creation of beautiful flawless objects such as our phones or cards. We are increasingly dependent on them while, I suggest, they become ever more bossy, inscrutable and dystopian. I choose to make objects by hand, not always perfectly, to live in the real human world of imperfection, where decisions are often curious and where the materials and processes encountered are celebrated for their delights and flaws."