Cast refers to artworks utilizing casting techniques for the production of moulds and casts. Pearman has incorporated the mould making processes to produce artworks in themselves.

Pearman has produced casts using concrete and plaster of Paris.

Some of these moulds and casts are based upon maquettes for a project for Salford City Council.

The theme of these pieces is based upon Manga street imagery and other graphic styles. These graphic styles are synonymous with techniques used in cartoons and are found in the screen-printing processes.

The process of casting is employed in Pearman's approach to screen-printing.

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Fat Jap Fat Jap Cast 1 Fat Jap Glass 1 (detail) Fat Jap Glass / Mould 1
Car Headlight Cast 1 (detail) Car Headlight Mould 1 (b.) Car Headlight Mould 1 (c.)
Couple (detail) Untitled (detail)

"Fat Jap" refers to Fat Japanese. The portrait of the man found in these artworks is fabricated from a variety of mediums. He is a fictional character whose origins and appearance stem from the pictorial stylisation apparent in the Japanese graphic style called 'Manga'.


Pearman's fictional character is smart, professional, slick, and fat. He symbolises the hard working office man who is suited, has kept hair, conveys a traditional masculine presence and yet strives not to become obsolete and invisible.


Using materials such as plaster casts, plywood and painted glass, Pearman represents the 'Fat Jap' in different levels of transparency. Is he becoming the invisible man?


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