The contours of each painted form are not imagined, but traced from observation and photographic studies: partial glimpses of sky cut by windowpanes, internal structures, and surrounding architecture. From within built space, the sky is rarely fully open; it is mediated by the structures that hold us and the elements that fragment our view. Each shape emerges at the intersection of these obstructions — a geometry of sky revealed through absence.

The forms are engraved into solid aluminium and inlaid with acrylic paint, built up in layers until the colour sits flush with the surface. Each panel becomes a shallow vessel of sky colour — not resting on the metal, but held within it. The surrounding aluminium is left bare, contrasting material weight with chromatic lightness.

Colours are drawn from Edinburgh’s transient skies, where light and weather can shift within minutes. Variation across the nine panels reflects this instability, bringing time and atmosphere into the work’s structure.

Conceived as a companion to Spectral Space, a permanent site-specific installation at Summerhall, the work extends an ongoing inquiry into site, vision, and the material presence of colour.