Imbued with an appearance of scientific rationality, Conrad Shawcross's sculptures explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. His forms are inspired by different technologies including the nautical and the audio-visual as well as a range of natural forces. Shawcross’s Manifold Series, draws inspiration from musical harmony, based on visualising musical chords. They are inspired by the idea of a harmonograph – a machine for drawing music. The works all centre around a Perfect Third – a musical chord. The drawings have been produced by his version of a harmonograph and the sculptures he makes are in bronze which is a solid version of one these drawings.

Factum Arte produced different versions of Manifold. Manifold 5:4 is a 1.20 meters high sculpture cast in bronze and patinated in black.