My friend and co-author Tom Grimsey, who has died aged 54 after suffering from cancer, was a sculptor with a passion for science/art collaborations. This led him to pioneering work in making nanoscience accessible and, most importantly, visible. In collaboration with scientists from Cambridge, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield, alongside the sculptor and all-round electromechanical wizard Theo Kaccoufa, he created kinetic installations that showed the remarkable patterns that dancing molecules can create. These installations, under the banner Giants of the Infinitesimal, formed exhibitions at the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) in Manchester (2011) and the Sheffield Magna Centre (2012).
Tom was born in Highgate, north London; his mother, Margaret, was a music teacher and his father, Ben, a probation officer. He was the middle brother of three and the family lived in the West Midlands before moving to Exeter. Tom studied at Wimbledon College of Art, London, and then Saint Martin’s college, where he met his wife, Susan Postlethwaite.
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