Having spent a merited career as a well respected designer specialising in automotive and industrial design John Heffernan has turned his hand to image making. Best known for cars which went on to be regarded as contemporary classics, he designed the Aston Martin Virage Vantage, 1988 and Bentley Continental R, 1990. With in depth experience collaborating with leading international automotive brands on vehicle and industrial projects he has always been curious about the delicate relationship between the craft of design and industrial manufacturing. For many years he was a visiting lecturer at the Royal College Art, London mentoring a host of talents moving into transportation design. John’s series was born through his affection for his personal collection of twentieth century objects. These fine examples of significant household products from designers such as Dieter Rams, Antonio Citterio, Eileen Gray and the renowned graduates of the Bauhaus. These works elevate domestic industrial items to be looked at in more depth, posing the question, although some small part of them may cease to function but does this make them ready for the scrapheap? John sits with each object and works from eye, to hand, through to canvas, with no digital interventions. Taking his well honed graphic skills previously used for industrial and automotive renderings used here as art. The works use pencil, pastels and spray aerosols on canvas or canvas board

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