Tony’s ‘Colourfolds‘ are created by cutting, scoring, folding and stitching together layers of photographic lighting gels and single matt drafting film: an acid-free polyester film traditionally used by architects. Avoidiing impermanent adhesive entirely, the artwork is sewn onto its backing board using semi-transparent thread.

Each stage of the process is undertaken by hand to create a seamless surface whose colours or patterns appear to change as the angle of light, or the type of light, changes.

All artworks are framed in FSC-certified, white-stained obeche wooden box frames with UV70 non-reflective artglass.

Summer Tessellation

In Summer Tessellation, precision and restraint are applied to a vibrant, sunlit palette evoking the warmth of golden sand, the coolness of turquoise waters and the clarity of midsummer light.

63 x 63 x 5cm framed

2025

£2,250 (including £350 frame)

The Colourfold Tiles (2020/21)

During the pandemic the Colourfold Tiles were sold as limited editions as part of the Artist Support Pledge.

The Chromatica Triptych (2022)

The Chromatica Triptych (33 x 33 x 5cm framed) is influenced by an enigmatic stained glass window in the Abbaye aux Dames, in Saintes, France. Created later in the early 20th Century, it’s modern geometric simplicity was in contrast to the much larger stained glass windows dating from the 12th century and inspired the harmony and balance for the below pieces.

Like the above, were created from a process of scoring, folding, and stitching together layers of photographic lighting gels and single matte drafting film,.

The ‘One-Offs’ (2022)

The following ‘Colourfolds’ are one-off artworks, each 32 x 38 x 5cm, exploring different combinations of coloured gels.

Aqua Blue Grid Formation, 80 x 80 x 2cm (2022)

The exploration of colour and the process continues…