Luke Jerram is mainly a sculptor, and also works with installations, gifts, and live art. He deals in space, area, perception, all in extreme location, and less in colour, due to the fact that he is colour blind. Jerram started his art career in the UK in 1997, and has expanded internationally with different projects, such as the Play Me, I'm Yours (a huge piano sharing project ongoing), and The Sky Orchaestra (a large ongoing project involving hot air balloons and bringing music to sleeping people). Many of his pieces also involve scientific charts.
Such as the example piece above, which is a 3D glass sculpture of the seismographs of Japan's Tohoku earthquake. It measures 30cm x 20cm, and surprisingly, this piece is only 9 minutes of the earthquake. This piece relates to painting in that, when you can't work with one element, you need to focus on the others and bring those out. Since Jerram can't bring out colours, the shape and the perspective of the piece becomes more of the focal point. Because, to make a great piece, if you're missing one element, it won't ruin the painting, you just need to take it in a different direction. And all inspiration doesn't have to come from very romantic or fluid ideas, but science and technology can make wonderful art.
