The guillotine. It makes an entrance in modern Western history during the French Terror. There is a saying that when you approach the guillotine, you approach the scaffold. GOING TO THE SCAFFOLD. Miles Davis. This term the scaffold is now used to name a structure that covers a building so that people can carry out construction or repairs. It is really hard to see the shape and not think of the guillotine.
Cedric Christie is a London-based artist who trained originally as a welder. His current studio, housed within a commercial metal fabrication factory, is located in the East London suburb of Dagenham – historically the home of the Ford Motor Factory.
